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**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-5-announced/614346 "2014-08-31T17:40:28Z")
Man, I am just full of good news lately! First a possible Baldur’s Gate Sequel, now this! No doubt more mainstream sites will be picking this up soon but Sim City 5 has been announced! http://rinconsimmer.jimdo.com/201… --- ## [Believers: How do we know which religion is the correct one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believers-how-do-we-know-which-religion-is-the-correct-one/562311)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believers-how-do-we-know-which-religion-is-the-correct-one/562311 "2010-12-07T16:37:01Z")
I want to start out by saying I am not interested in any kind of “argument from design.” I’m a weak atheist, but for the purposes of this thread I will assume arguendo that it’s obvious the universe was designed by a Cre… --- ## [Voting by Mail in 2020: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-by-mail-in-2020-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/852897)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 406\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-by-mail-in-2020-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/852897 "2026-11-01T01:43:26Z")
Whether the Ballot You Mail Is Counted May Depend on Where You Vote All vote by mail systems are not created equal. In Wisconsin, a vote cast in one town would have been rejected in another. In Florida, young voters’ ba… --- ## [Your Gender, Height, & Shoe Size?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-height-shoe-size/429827 "2011-10-24T04:44:33Z")
Through observation I have formulated a hypothesis, but I’d like to collect more data. So… a. what is your gender? b. what is your average shoe size? (to avoid ranges like 8 in some shoes, 9 in others.) c. how tall ar… --- ## [How tall to officially be 'giant'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-to-officially-be-giant/300573)
**Author:** [@flapcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flapcats)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tall-to-officially-be-giant/300573 "2005-04-23T02:28:40Z")
A guy at work is 6 foot 5 and we were wondering if he officially qualifies as a giant. We’re in the UK (if that makes any difference). --- ## [ST:TNG, Encounter at Farpoint makes so much more sense ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-encounter-at-farpoint-makes-so-much-more-sense/723065)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-encounter-at-farpoint-makes-so-much-more-sense/723065 "2015-09-18T17:08:31Z")
ST:TNG, Encounter at Farpoint makes so much more sense … … if you’re shitfaced while you watch it. Worst scene in the whole of ST:TNG was when Commander Riker met Dr. Crusher and Wesley. Wesley says that Cpt. Picard br… --- ## [What are some songs written from the cheating, scumbags viewpoint? Romantic infidelity at its best.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543 "2014-06-06T00:18:43Z")
I was listening to some Lobo hits and was enjoying How Can I Tell Her. Great melody, very romantic. Until I realized the song’s character is a real POS, cheating a-hole. :smiley: Kind of unusual for a romantic song t… --- ## [Can semen stains glow under black light ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-semen-stains-glow-under-black-light/622878)
**Author:** [@nofancies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nofancies)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-semen-stains-glow-under-black-light/622878 "2012-05-25T15:32:16Z")
Hi all, Can anyone tell me if semen stains would definitely glow under a black light (UV light) ? I’ve been told that they would glow in greenish-yellow under the UV light. But later on someone said semen stains canno… --- ## [Would you sacrifice the love of your life to spare 10,000 strangers by cancer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-sacrifice-the-love-of-your-life-to-spare-10-000-strangers-by-cancer/598504)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-sacrifice-the-love-of-your-life-to-spare-10-000-strangers-by-cancer/598504 "2011-10-13T15:13:14Z")
Why yes, it IS a silly hypothetical discussion with optional poll. And, yes, the subject IS a sadistic choice. Seriously, did you just meet me? A malevolent and vastly powerful godlike being\* – let’s get down to brass t… --- ## [Again with the Bad Latin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-bad-latin/616359)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-bad-latin/616359 "2024-12-13T19:32:30Z")
Probably not worth a pit thread, but once again I am disappointed at a TV writer’s refusal to pick up a phone and call somebody who actually knows Latin. A recent episode of American Dad featured an old man casting a cur… --- ## [Non women-hating reasons for incest/rape exception to abortion rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-women-hating-reasons-for-incest-rape-exception-to-abortion-rules/632983)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-women-hating-reasons-for-incest-rape-exception-to-abortion-rules/632983 "2012-09-03T03:08:57Z")
Please do not turn this into a debate about abortion. What are the non women-hating, that is to say reasons that aren’t about giving a “just result” to the woman, reasons for having a different view on abortion in cases… --- ## [Natural human lifespan in the wild, without modern medicine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-human-lifespan-in-the-wild-without-modern-medicine/663358)
**Author:** [@ac05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ac05)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-human-lifespan-in-the-wild-without-modern-medicine/663358 "2014-02-04T04:01:48Z")
Gorillas live up to 37 years in the wild (I think). How long is the lifespan of a human in the wild? If someone has a minor heart attack, they just go to the hospital to get treated. But if we didn’t have hospitals or an… --- ## [How Likely is It that Trump will Try to Proclaim Martial Law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-likely-is-it-that-trump-will-try-to-proclaim-martial-law/928294)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-likely-is-it-that-trump-will-try-to-proclaim-martial-law/928294 "2021-01-04T01:17:02Z")
This Trump in Heels is calling for martial law. Chase is a candidate running for Governor of Virginia. Most of her colleagues think she’s a loon, but Trump himself is not put off by loons. How likely do you think that… --- ## [Should a face veil, (niqab), be banned for Muslim women in a public role?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-face-veil-niqab-be-banned-for-muslim-women-in-a-public-role/669292)
**Author:** [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-face-veil-niqab-be-banned-for-muslim-women-in-a-public-role/669292 "2013-09-27T23:17:53Z")
Hello good dopers, in the UK the national Health Service, NHS, is about to start a public consultation regarding the wearing of Niqabs by health care professionals. A UK judge has recently insisted that a female Muslim… --- ## ["No one should die because they can't afford health care"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-should-die-because-they-cant-afford-health-care/508758)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-should-die-because-they-cant-afford-health-care/508758 "2009-09-11T17:49:01Z")
“and no one should go broke because they get sick” It’s floating around FB today, all us conscientious liberals are supposed to change our statuses in a show of unity. You know what, I don’t think I can do that. No on… --- ## [Mad-Men: 4.08 "The Summer Man" (open spoiler)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-4-08-the-summer-man-open-spoiler/553550)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-4-08-the-summer-man-open-spoiler/553550 "2010-09-24T21:09:01Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Joan and Peggy deal with high-jinx in the office. \[/QUOTE\] Hmm, Joan & Peggy get left in charge of the office? I wonder if “I’m not a janitor” boy will get his comeuppance. :wink: --- ## [Is there literally something wrong with the South?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-literally-something-wrong-with-the-south/556653)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-literally-something-wrong-with-the-south/556653 "2010-10-16T05:33:57Z")
This thread is inspired by the hijack in the Pit thread about judge Littlejohn. People have strong feelings about the issue, sure. But is there any factual evidence to support the claim that “The South” is somehow ‘wors… --- ## [Polygamists are not a "class" for the purposes of Fourteenth Amendment EP analysis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polygamists-are-not-a-class-for-the-purposes-of-fourteenth-amendment-ep-analysis/585762)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polygamists-are-not-a-class-for-the-purposes-of-fourteenth-amendment-ep-analysis/585762 "2011-06-22T00:59:25Z")
So says Expert Diogenes: I contend that when analyzing polygamy under the Equal Protection Clause, polygamists are a class. Debate. --- ## [So it's fucking war then](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-fucking-war-then/162021)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-fucking-war-then/162021 "2012-01-13T16:50:53Z")
“The diplomatic window has been closed” - like it was ever truly open. This war was always going to happen. Fuck GWB and his unelected, blinkered, warmongering ‘advisers’. Fuck 'em for marginalising the UN. Fuck their… --- ## [What does a garbage disposal system accomplish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-garbage-disposal-system-accomplish/584509)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2011, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-garbage-disposal-system-accomplish/584509 "2011-07-01T12:20:29Z")
Apparently these are big in the US. I just read mention of one in anther thread and thought: why? I don’t believe I’ve ever seen one. I know of their existence, probably from television, but no one I know has ever had… --- ## [Community, Advanced Gay, Nov. 3, 2011 (Season 3, Episode 6)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-advanced-gay-nov-3-2011-season-3-episode-6/601887)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-advanced-gay-nov-3-2011-season-3-episode-6/601887 "2011-11-11T01:46:13Z")
Piercenault Anaesthesia Hawthorne! --- ## [Question for contrail conspiracists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-contrail-conspiracists/692533)
**Author:** [@MostlyUseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyUseless)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-contrail-conspiracists/692533 "2014-07-21T21:11:16Z")
What do those who believe in the contrail conspiracies think that the Government is spewing forth from aircraft? I was watching some WW2 documentary of a large formation of B17s over Germany. How do the conspiracists e… --- ## [Why does my car overheat only while driving uphill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-overheat-only-while-driving-uphill/66142)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-overheat-only-while-driving-uphill/66142 "2001-05-23T13:45:08Z")
Short version: My 1993 Jeep Cherokee overheats, but only when it runs uphill for an extended period of time. I can run it on the level indefinitely, in 90-degree heat, at 60 mph, with the a.c.blasting, without overheatin… --- ## [How to deal with a needle phobia? Need answer fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-a-needle-phobia-need-answer-fast/547357)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-a-needle-phobia-need-answer-fast/547357 "2016-10-05T16:57:39Z")
I have a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad fear of needles. So much so that if I am sick and I don’t think I’m going to die I will avoid doctors and hospitals because I’d rather lay in the bathroom and vomit every 1… --- ## [Why do highly educated people accept 100 hour a week jobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-highly-educated-people-accept-100-hour-a-week-jobs/938367)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 316\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-highly-educated-people-accept-100-hour-a-week-jobs/938367 "2021-07-05T11:09:18Z")
I read that bankers working for Goldman work for 80 and even 100 hours a week and that blew my mind. I live in the Balkans in one of the poorest countries in Europe, where the average salary is about 450 - 500 usd, yet … --- ## [Alternatives to bedbugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-bedbugs/583751)
**Author:** [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-bedbugs/583751 "2012-11-22T15:04:54Z")
That makes it sound like I’m bug-shopping. I just started getting bitten and have something that looks like mosquito bites along my back and bra line. We haven’t had houseguests or bought used furniture in ages, we live … --- ## [Why the eagerness to pay off long-term debt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-eagerness-to-pay-off-long-term-debt/575895)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2011, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-eagerness-to-pay-off-long-term-debt/575895 "2011-04-04T08:23:28Z")
In thread after thread, people on here say that if they won the lottery or otherwise came into a lot of money, they’d pay off their mortgages as one of the first things they’d do. Why? Considering the normal rather low… --- ## [Explain to me why there is an "offsides" rule in hockey and soccer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-me-why-there-is-an-offsides-rule-in-hockey-and-soccer/506460)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-me-why-there-is-an-offsides-rule-in-hockey-and-soccer/506460 "2009-08-21T19:24:35Z")
I don’t watch those sports, so I cannot appreciate why they have a rule that seemingly discourages scoring and fast breaks. The only sport I really watch is basketball, and this looks to me like the equivalent of outlaw… --- ## [Why do libertarians always want to abolish the FEDERAL RESERVE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-libertarians-always-want-to-abolish-the-federal-reserve/826124)
**Author:** [@Kamaski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamaski)\ **Replies:** 320\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-libertarians-always-want-to-abolish-the-federal-reserve/826124 "2018-12-29T02:41:06Z")
What is the federal reserve? I’m not the smartest person in the world, nor am an economics expert. Why is it so important? I did learn some stuff about monetary policy in high school, but didn’t understand a lot of it. I… --- ## [What killed the malls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-killed-the-malls/692470)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-killed-the-malls/692470 "2014-07-13T02:44:04Z")
Our landscape is littered with “dead malls”. Once vibrant places of commerce, now empty shells. Obviously the internet played a part. But it seems to me that internet shopping only came into its prime about 10 years ago… --- ## [Spelling America "Amerika" makes you look like a jakkass.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-america-amerika-makes-you-look-like-a-jakkass/502139)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-america-amerika-makes-you-look-like-a-jakkass/502139 "2009-07-15T15:35:00Z")
Unless you are referring to the town in the Netherlands, the song by Rammstein, the book by Franz Kafka or the 1987 miniseries staring Kriss Kristofferson, the intentional misspelling with a “k” makes you look like a jak… --- ## [Jewish Dopers: what are your opinions of the Ethiopian Jews?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dopers-what-are-your-opinions-of-the-ethiopian-jews/512759)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dopers-what-are-your-opinions-of-the-ethiopian-jews/512759 "2014-02-01T15:13:35Z")
I stumbled upon this interesting story after learning a man at work was an “African Hebrew”, as he put it. I’m just curious what you guys think, since I can’t really walk into the temple next door and ask the Rabbi there… --- ## [Why don’t spicy foods burn when you urinate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-don-t-spicy-foods-burn-when-you-urinate/134652)
**Author:** [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-don-t-spicy-foods-burn-when-you-urinate/134652 "2014-09-23T12:58:35Z")
They burn when you shit. --- ## [Midsomer Murders - What is that nocturnal animal/bird cry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midsomer-murders-what-is-that-nocturnal-animal-bird-cry/703581)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midsomer-murders-what-is-that-nocturnal-animal-bird-cry/703581 "2026-05-01T01:05:46Z")
In pretty much every episode of “Midsomer Murder” with an outdoor night time scene, sooner or later you hear a cry. A sort of loudish “YAWWK.” At first I thought it might be the death cry of some animal, but sometimes … --- ## [Pancake vs Twinstack air compressors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-vs-twinstack-air-compressors/553619)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-vs-twinstack-air-compressors/553619 "2010-09-17T03:42:45Z")
I am in the market for a portable air compressor, and these two types are the popular designs nowadays. I am looking for advantages and disadvantages of both. --- ## [Yale Basketball Sexual Misconduct](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yale-basketball-sexual-misconduct/749029)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yale-basketball-sexual-misconduct/749029 "2016-03-24T19:52:23Z")
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/03/14/former-basketball-captain-suing-yale-over-expulsion-for-sexual-misconduct-accusation/?hpid=hp\_hp-cards\_hp-card-sports%3Ahomepage%2Fcard The proceedings by Ya… --- ## [How wide discussed is "fan death" as a myth in South Korea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-wide-discussed-is-fan-death-as-a-myth-in-south-korea/622740)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-wide-discussed-is-fan-death-as-a-myth-in-south-korea/622740 "2013-09-17T21:20:31Z")
All of the following assumes that “fan death” is still a widely held belief in South Korea. If the belief has disappeared, I’d be curious as to how this finally happened. My questions are not about how widespread the be… --- ## [EVIL WILL WHEATON ALERT--The Big Bang Theory 11/11--"The 21-Second Excitation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-will-wheaton-alert-the-big-bang-theory-11-11-the-21-second-excitation/560303)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-will-wheaton-alert-the-big-bang-theory-11-11-the-21-second-excitation/560303 "2010-11-23T05:25:42Z")
Be sure to watch this one, even if you’ve never seen the show before. --- ## [Skins reportedly give up 3 1st rd & 1 2nd rd picks for #2 this year. Thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-reportedly-give-up-3-1st-rd-1-2nd-rd-picks-for-2-this-year-thoughts/615362)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-reportedly-give-up-3-1st-rd-1-2nd-rd-picks-for-2-this-year-thoughts/615362 "2012-03-19T19:27:14Z")
Well, if the new report is true Griffin should be heading to the Skins. they are giving away a shitload though. Is this the biggest trade for smallest movement in draft history? What say you? Worth it? Not worth it? Is… --- ## [Hobbes: Real when nobody is around or just imagined to real by Calvin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbes-real-when-nobody-is-around-or-just-imagined-to-real-by-calvin/680927)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbes-real-when-nobody-is-around-or-just-imagined-to-real-by-calvin/680927 "2014-03-09T03:56:16Z")
In the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, what do you think is the case? And yes, I realize that it’s (even admitted by the cartoonist–Bill Watterson, himself) to be a “deliberately left open-ended so that each reader can m… --- ## [Little Frustrations - The Place for All Your Minor Venting Needs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-frustrations-the-place-for-all-your-minor-venting-needs/981500)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-frustrations-the-place-for-all-your-minor-venting-needs/981500 "2023-06-14T23:25:18Z")
I didn’t see a topic similar to this in MPSIMS, but if there is one and I missed it, feel free to point me in it’s direction and delete this one. Everyone has the little frustrations. The ones that aren’t quite big eno… --- ## [Why the hell can't some of you accept a differing opinion on homosexuality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-cant-some-of-you-accept-a-differing-opinion-on-homosexuality/213271)
**Author:** [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Replies:** 296\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2003, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-cant-some-of-you-accept-a-differing-opinion-on-homosexuality/213271 "2003-12-01T08:50:47Z")
I noticed in the Congratulations Straight Supremacists thread that some folks here can not tolerate a disapproval of homosexuality. In particular, Debaser posted that he was against gay marriage because he thought it was… --- ## [2001 Space Odyssey is the 2nd-most boring movie ever made](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2001-space-odyssey-is-the-2nd-most-boring-movie-ever-made/728133)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2001-space-odyssey-is-the-2nd-most-boring-movie-ever-made/728133 "2022-04-25T11:34:14Z")
I Pit 2001: A Space Odyssey, the 2nd-most tedious and boring movie ever made. Perhaps I should ask Mods to move this to BBQ Pit so I can say “Fk\*ng Boring and any of you who like it are Idts.”) In the past few years I’v… --- ## [Movies you wish had a sequel (but didn't)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-wish-had-a-sequel-but-didnt/642554 "2012-12-12T03:37:18Z")
Since so many movies have sequels (and many of the sequels sucking) I thought it would be interesting to talk about movies that did not have a sequel but should have. I’ll start it off with my pick: Valley Girl. If Jul… --- ## [What mammal has the largest testicles compared to its overall body size?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mammal-has-the-largest-testicles-compared-to-its-overall-body-size/369959)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mammal-has-the-largest-testicles-compared-to-its-overall-body-size/369959 "2006-08-25T15:41:39Z")
Just curious. --- ## [Concerning mandatory reporting for Catholic priests.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-mandatory-reporting-for-catholic-priests/590412)
**Author:** [@Wood\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wood_Man)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerning-mandatory-reporting-for-catholic-priests/590412 "2011-07-29T14:51:46Z")
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/some-fathers-must-be-taught-how-to-dress-after-a-fashion/story-e6frfhqf-1226101706555 . All this hoopla is just Catholic bashing. It implies that priests hear large numbers of pedophi… --- ## [Can a private citizen violate the US Constitution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-private-citizen-violate-the-us-constitution/621624)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-private-citizen-violate-the-us-constitution/621624 "2012-05-13T15:27:03Z")
Let’s consider the US Constitution in and of itself. It defines the basic structure of the US Government, defines some rules about the States that make up the Union, and define certain inalienable rights that the Govern… --- ## [Do you have any habits so ingrained you've never talked about them with anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-habits-so-ingrained-youve-never-talked-about-them-with-anyone/145186)
**Author:** [@Fnoonf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fnoonf)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-habits-so-ingrained-youve-never-talked-about-them-with-anyone/145186 "2008-07-23T21:21:39Z")
I have a strange little habit. It’s harmless, it’s small, it has no measurable effect on my life, and I never talk about it to anyone because it has become so ingrained in me that I hardly ever consciously think about i… --- ## [Pulling into the intersection to turn left on green](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-into-the-intersection-to-turn-left-on-green/667394)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-into-the-intersection-to-turn-left-on-green/667394 "2015-01-31T00:36:31Z")
Here in Maine, when you have a green light (with no red arrow), it is the accepted convention—which I remember being taught back in drivers’ ed over ten years ago—to pull out partway into the intersection when the light … --- ## [Are long-term sting operations wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-long-term-sting-operations-wrong/613882)
**Author:** [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-long-term-sting-operations-wrong/613882 "2012-03-01T23:04:51Z")
I was about to dive into the pit thread about undercover cops busting high schoolers but I think it would have been starting a whole new angle and it wasn’t bitchy. Here’s the thing. If the cops think you’re a bad guy, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=310&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=312&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)