# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=316&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:** 317 --- ## [The Man in the High Castle, TV show, with spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-in-the-high-castle-tv-show-with-spoilers/738425)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-in-the-high-castle-tv-show-with-spoilers/738425 "2023-01-08T20:03:34Z")
I finished watching The Man in the High Castle last night. I enjoyed it, but there were some things I don’t think I fully caught. Having never read the book, though I have read a lot of Dick’s other works, I’m wondering … --- ## [Is this a common method of suicide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-common-method-of-suicide/551411)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-common-method-of-suicide/551411 "2015-08-26T20:03:10Z")
Last May, Erica Blasberg died in her home in the Las Vegas area. Erica was a young struggling pro-golfer trying to make it on the Ladies pro golf tour. This week, the coroner finally came out with his official report. … --- ## [In My Humble Opinion, Trump has made even children into racist scumbags.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-my-humble-opinion-trump-has-made-even-children-into-racist-scumbags/813831)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-my-humble-opinion-trump-has-made-even-children-into-racist-scumbags/813831 "2018-05-16T22:48:07Z")
I am a high school band director. The junior high band director that I work with was having “officer” elections for her sixth graders – gonna-be seventh graders – today. They were voting for President, Vice President, … --- ## [How common is female nipple hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-female-nipple-hair/654161)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2013, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-female-nipple-hair/654161 "2013-04-02T06:45:38Z")
Hi I was wondering how common dark sparse female nipple hair is… a woman I know thinks it is normal but I’ve never seen it in porn… do women normally remove the hair? --- ## [How Exactly Are Drugs Made From Petroleum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-are-drugs-made-from-petroleum/412808)
**Author:** [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-are-drugs-made-from-petroleum/412808 "2010-11-16T13:21:05Z")
Perhaps my Google skills are weak, and I did a search here on the SD, but I cannot find a simple explaination of how drugs are made from petroleum oil. I searched because I was reading a harangue on “synthetic oil-based … --- ## [Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword/602640)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword/602640 "2012-01-09T12:46:07Z")
IGN just gave this game a 10/10, saying it is the best Zelda game ever. I have to admit, I’m intrigued. To quote them: --- ## [Khalid Sheik Mohammed can be held indefinitely without trial, says Obama administration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khalid-sheik-mohammed-can-be-held-indefinitely-without-trial-says-obama-administration/560743)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khalid-sheik-mohammed-can-be-held-indefinitely-without-trial-says-obama-administration/560743 "2010-11-21T16:40:37Z")
Link. Seems like this is a view that many people did not agree with a couple of years ago. Has anyone changed their minds now? For example, in a November 2009 thread about Khalid Sheik Mohammed, I asked, “But isn’t t… --- ## [Does this married woman like me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-married-woman-like-me/616449)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-married-woman-like-me/616449 "2012-03-24T23:12:39Z")
At work I got to know this married woman and we chat and the like, she always looks at me straight in the eye when I talk to her and when I am around her is always in my personal space we get along good, I can joke with … --- ## [Idiots at Big Box Stores - the Bar Has Been Raised!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-at-big-box-stores-the-bar-has-been-raised/725381)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-at-big-box-stores-the-bar-has-been-raised/725381 "2015-07-26T20:31:04Z")
Yeah, another Home Depot tale. I picked up two exterior lights and stopped by the light bulb display to check on flood bulbs. “What are you looking for?” “Flood lamps”. “In bulbs?” (yes, really) “Yes, that is why I … --- ## [MLB: March/April 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2018/811387)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2018/811387 "2018-05-02T17:31:10Z")
Welcome to a new season. All 30 teams have an equal shot on Opening Day! cough But seriously: how are you feeling about your team as we begin another long year toward October? Here’s an ESPN article with power rankings … --- ## [Kid's TV when you were a kid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-tv-when-you-were-a-kid/729366)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-tv-when-you-were-a-kid/729366 "2017-04-05T18:47:42Z")
This will age me for sure.Today I was talking with my son about how weird kid’s TV always was and that started me reminiscing. In another thread a long time ago, I mentioned being a very disappointed preschooler when Mi… --- ## [how small are midget/dwarf babies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-small-are-midget-dwarf-babies/340360)
**Author:** [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-small-are-midget-dwarf-babies/340360 "2006-01-17T23:14:09Z")
I was discussing this earlier today with my girlfriend. How small are newborn midgets and dwarfs, really? Are they about the same as regular infants and then develop their bodies differently, or are they just really smal… --- ## [Eggs in England](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-in-england/642481)
**Author:** [@Actraguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Actraguy)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-in-england/642481 "2013-09-19T15:58:12Z")
I just got back from a trip to England and was somewhat dismayed to notice that they do not refirgerate eggs in any store that I was in. Does anybody know why we refrigerate eggs in our stores and the Brits don’t? --- ## [Were enemy soldiers nice to eachother on WW1/WW2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-enemy-soldiers-nice-to-eachother-on-ww1-ww2/691638)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-enemy-soldiers-nice-to-eachother-on-ww1-ww2/691638 "2014-06-28T16:57:14Z")
Lets consider the following scenario: Hell is breaking loose on a battle. Soldier Smith is lost, on the middle of god-knows-where. He is scared, wet, cold and miserable. All of a sudden he hears a thud. A bullet nearly … --- ## [Most historically accurate/inaccurate movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-historically-accurate-inaccurate-movies/117079)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-historically-accurate-inaccurate-movies/117079 "2004-08-07T15:34:38Z")
I oncwe knew a teacher who told me “Mississippi Burning” (a personal fav of mine), was VERY innacurate. IIRC, he told me the FBI was much slower than depicted in responding to the murders. --- ## [Racism in writing fantasy: Does it exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-in-writing-fantasy-does-it-exist/680019)
**Author:** [@Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynhildr_Budladottir)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racism-in-writing-fantasy-does-it-exist/680019 "2014-02-12T04:38:18Z")
As most other Tolkien-loving Dopers know, JRRT based his portrayal of the Khazad (Dwarves) of Arda partly on anti-Semitic stereotypes, Old Norse folklore and mythology and history/stories found in the Old Testament. In … --- ## [Unreasonable about roommate and his guns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unreasonable-about-roommate-and-his-guns/681810)
**Author:** [@bongo5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bongo5)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unreasonable-about-roommate-and-his-guns/681810 "2014-12-18T21:55:49Z")
This is long, but interesting, I hope. I have been living with my roommate, let’s call him Matt, for about two years now. Overall, we get along great despite being very different people. He’s gaming at 4 in the morning,… --- ## [Coldfire -- Not a warning my eye.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-not-a-warning-my-eye/218008)
**Author:** [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldfire-not-a-warning-my-eye/218008 "2003-12-10T22:45:23Z")
Coldfire: In this thread you said: So when you place the label “Moderator Notes” at the top then say this is not a warning but it could be, could you explain how it that not a warning? The point I was making was entir… --- ## [Continuous Comic Book Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuous-comic-book-discussion-thread/512366 "2010-06-28T01:33:14Z")
This is not intended to pre-empt threads on special one-off topics - rather, to consolidate the usual Weekly New Release discussions into one ongoing thread so I don’t keep forgetting to start it. We got two entries to … --- ## [Why do YOU hate PETA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-hate-peta/533367)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-hate-peta/533367 "2010-06-05T10:12:49Z")
There’s a lot of PETA bashing on this board, of which I wholeheartedly approve. I’m curious, though, if anyone else has actually had any run-ins with them, or reasons to personally hate them. Not that a reason is neede… --- ## [Trump's favorability rating is on the rise since election. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-favorability-rating-is-on-the-rise-since-election-why/774057)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-favorability-rating-is-on-the-rise-since-election-why/774057 "2016-12-09T22:24:10Z")
Trump is now getting the best favorable ratings of his short political career. (see here & here) What do you think is causing it? Some ideas (in my own personal opinions order of likelihood): post-election victory boun… --- ## [This pro-Hillary rant is cathartic for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pro-hillary-rant-is-cathartic-for-me/745026)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-pro-hillary-rant-is-cathartic-for-me/745026 "2016-02-20T08:23:26Z")
Fucking right it is! So. Fucking. True. Can you imagine a wild-haired, rumpled woman yelling about Wall Street and inequality? It would be like that Onion article: she’d be hauled away to the psych ward. --- ## [Disappearing Car Door Option. Is This a Hoax?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-car-door-option-is-this-a-hoax/431325 "2010-05-18T03:10:11Z")
http:// www. disappearing-car-door .com/ \[EDIT: LINK CONTAINS VIRUS\] Website with autoplaying video here. It’s a neat idea, I’ll give them that, and the video quality is such that the CGI-like nature of the images could… --- ## [Was Jesus Christ delusional, full of shit, or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jesus-christ-delusional-full-of-shit-or-what/596031)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jesus-christ-delusional-full-of-shit-or-what/596031 "2011-09-22T04:08:49Z")
Assuming that there was a historical figure that we refer to as Jesus Christ, what were his own thoughts about himself? Did he really think he was the savior? Did he really think he was the son of God? Did he really t… --- ## [We interrupt your regularly scheduled MMP to bring you this Early TV Mockumentary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-interrupt-your-regularly-scheduled-mmp-to-bring-you-this-early-tv-mockumentary/448988)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 419\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2008, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-interrupt-your-regularly-scheduled-mmp-to-bring-you-this-early-tv-mockumentary/448988 "2008-05-19T07:26:22Z")
Or, what I did on my mini vacation. As you all know by his fairly self-evident title TVMan restores antique televisions for a living. Once a year antique television restorers and buffs return to their holy ground, the E… --- ## [How do hockey substitutions work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-hockey-substitutions-work/525460)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-hockey-substitutions-work/525460 "2011-10-12T19:22:57Z")
Question is exactly as it sounds. I’ve just started getting into hockey, and have had the fortune to go to some entertaining games this year. I’ve even started to enjoy watching on television – something I could never st… --- ## [College tuition in the 60's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-tuition-in-the-60s/599618)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-tuition-in-the-60s/599618 "2011-10-16T19:05:32Z")
I gather that many colleges in the 60’s had tuition levels at like $50-$150 for a full semester. Is that true? Were tuition levels this low as a result of public funding? --- ## [Should hot car deaths be criminally prosecuted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-hot-car-deaths-be-criminally-prosecuted/763348)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-hot-car-deaths-be-criminally-prosecuted/763348 "2017-06-25T21:06:40Z")
We currently have a heart breaking case being prosecuted. A judge thought he had dropped his baby off at day care and went to work. He found the baby barely alive later that day. Frantic efforts by the father and a nei… --- ## [Illegal immigration to the United States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-immigration-to-the-united-states/723747)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-immigration-to-the-united-states/723747 "2015-07-10T14:05:47Z")
Nobody every talks about illegal immigration between the United States and Canada. Why do so many people from Latin America attempt to emigrate to the United States? I believe the obvious answer is that the economic op… --- ## [Year Ago Today Bush Re-Elected: Happy Now Assholes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-ago-today-bush-re-elected-happy-now-assholes/329134)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 332\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-ago-today-bush-re-elected-happy-now-assholes/329134 "2005-11-06T19:51:54Z")
Dubya has proven to be even worse than his strongest detractors predicted. Over 2000 soldiers have died in a war based on blatant lies. Incompetent cronies have been placed in positions that are endangering our lives. … --- ## [Car is Dead, Key Stuck in Ignition.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-is-dead-key-stuck-in-ignition/655055)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-is-dead-key-stuck-in-ignition/655055 "2013-04-07T22:04:04Z")
I went to store this afternoon and parked car in driveway because I was going to mow the yard this afternoon. I left keys in the ignition. Everything was working normally. Went outside to lock up and Bam, Car is dead.… --- ## [It's not rocket surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394)
**Author:** [@Shai\_tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shai_tan)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-rocket-surgery/437394 "2008-04-23T04:48:35Z")
What’s taking so long? Shit or get off the fence. --- ## [Racist Coverage of Waco Biker Violence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-coverage-of-waco-biker-violence/720441)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-coverage-of-waco-biker-violence/720441 "2015-05-25T16:42:27Z")
Well, Sally Kohn on CNN’s page has managed to turn the Waco bloodbath into a racial issue. It seems the lack of the mention of “white on white” violence in the media coverage is more proof that America is a racist countr… --- ## [Apparently the Heel Bone is a Bad Thing To Break](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-the-heel-bone-is-a-bad-thing-to-break/581016)
**Author:** [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-the-heel-bone-is-a-bad-thing-to-break/581016 "2015-05-08T22:01:20Z")
As I have discovered this week. My ladder collapsed underneath me as I was climbing on the roof. Until it happens to you it comes a shock how quick gravity takes over. After I hit the ground I rolled and placed my legs … --- ## [For men AND women: How many dates before sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-and-women-how-many-dates-before-sex/154676)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-and-women-how-many-dates-before-sex/154676 "2003-05-20T20:58:19Z")
My brother is of the opinion that if you haven’t slept with a girl by at least the third date, then the relationship is going nowhere at best, and she is borderline using you at worst. The older I get though, I move clos… --- ## [Has the nature-nurture issue been definitely settled in favor of nature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-nature-nurture-issue-been-definitely-settled-in-favor-of-nature/467152)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-nature-nurture-issue-been-definitely-settled-in-favor-of-nature/467152 "2008-10-18T02:14:04Z")
Is it now a proven fact that heredity plays a more important role than environment in determining individual human personality, psychological characteristics, and mental abilities? Because that’s what John Derbyshire is… --- ## [How to dye mice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dye-mice/525606)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dye-mice/525606 "2010-01-28T04:51:53Z")
My roommate is at her wit’s end trying to tell apart her two albino white mice. I tried cherry juice last night, but the mouse licked herself clean after an hour or so. Are there any mouse-friendly stains or dyes that mi… --- ## [Post here if you have been lurking for the duration of the paid memberships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753)
**Author:** [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Replies:** 313\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753 "2009-01-12T07:06:22Z")
I have been a “member” of this board since day 1, but have been a lurker for a majority of that time. When the board switched to a pay to post I stopped posting all together. So post here if you have been leeching off o… --- ## [Do heavy bowling balls work better than light ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-heavy-bowling-balls-work-better-than-light-ones/134043)
**Author:** [@kip70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kip70)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-heavy-bowling-balls-work-better-than-light-ones/134043 "2015-04-03T22:03:31Z")
I mean, in reality. I’m sure in theory the heavy ones deliver more energy to the pins so the chance of them falling is probably higher. But do all champions use heavy balls, or are there some succesfull players who use l… --- ## [Are there ANY movies that \*accurately\* represent the noise of a gunshot and peoples' reaction to it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-that-accurately-represent-the-noise-of-a-gunshot-and-peoples-reaction-to-it/585296)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-that-accurately-represent-the-noise-of-a-gunshot-and-peoples-reaction-to-it/585296 "2011-09-08T05:31:10Z")
I have thought about this and wanted to ask this question here for a long time, but what pushed me over the edge was, I was just watching Bad Lieutenant with the great Harvey Keitel. There is a scene where he fires what … --- ## [Solar eclipses: partial vs totality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipses-partial-vs-totality/782593)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-eclipses-partial-vs-totality/782593 "2017-04-11T03:24:34Z")
I was looking up information for the August eclipse this year. I live surprisingly close to the path of totality, but it’s still something of a drive, and for various reasons I’m not sure whether I’ll be able to make th… --- ## [What's after death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349)
**Author:** [@Tollhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tollhouse)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349 "2013-02-21T02:58:36Z")
Like the title of the thread, what’s after death? --- ## [Worst TV series ending?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-series-ending/582435)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tv-series-ending/582435 "2011-05-21T19:20:01Z")
A search revealed this discussion was had 10 years ago but there have been so many shows gone, and come and gone, since then I think it’s been long enough the question could be asked again. So… in your opinion, what TV … --- ## [People get offended at the weirdest things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-get-offended-at-the-weirdest-things/507866)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-get-offended-at-the-weirdest-things/507866 "2009-09-03T02:46:47Z")
I’ve inadvertently offended people in ways I’ve never imagined would. Example 1: There is a boy going to the same preschool as my son, and that boy’s name was Ivan. One day I was chatting with his father and I said, “I… --- ## [What's the upper limit on the size of land-animals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-upper-limit-on-the-size-of-land-animals/697525)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-upper-limit-on-the-size-of-land-animals/697525 "2014-10-19T22:47:02Z")
Newly discovered dinosaur Dreadnoughtus takes crown for for largest terrestrial animal with a body mass that can be accurately determined. “Measurements of bones from its hind leg and foreleg revealed that the animal wa… --- ## [Adults Ordering Off The Kids Menu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adults-ordering-off-the-kids-menu/585024)
**Author:** [@Dpimi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dpimi)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adults-ordering-off-the-kids-menu/585024 "2011-06-13T15:59:15Z")
Yesterday night my wife and I were in a restaurant (which I shall be kind enough not to name) and she wasn’t that hungry and wanted to order off the kid’s menu. They wouldn’t let her do it. I asked politely but was told… --- ## [Does anyone else fake an accent regularly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-fake-an-accent-regularly/639806)
**Author:** [@MagicEightBall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEightBall)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-fake-an-accent-regularly/639806 "2013-12-07T17:22:45Z")
Hi, guys. So this is probably going to sound pretty crazy, but I have recently starting speaking in a fake Boston type accent…pretty much with everyone except my family members. It started as just a “for fun” type thing… --- ## [Well dang. If you didn't think Scott Adams was a piece of shit before, just look at him now!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 419\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-dang-if-you-didnt-think-scott-adams-was-a-piece-of-shit-before-just-look-at-him-now/980277 "2023-05-05T01:18:34Z")
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, has been a bit of a shitbird over the past few years. You can Google the deets, but mostly spouting anti-vax, pro-Trump, Satanic conspiracies in the Democratic party, etc. He’s got a You… --- ## [Tell me something I don't know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-i-dont-know/502084)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-i-dont-know/502084 "2014-03-14T01:47:18Z")
Know any interesting trivia that hasn’t already been beaten to death? I am looking for factual items, preferrably with cites. I will go first: Ho Chi Minh was once a baker at the Parker House hotelin Boston. (PDF) --- ## [Lost 1.23 "Exodus, Part One"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-1-23-exodus-part-one/304420 "2005-05-23T22:17:53Z")
First the rules: Part One, as in the first part of the two-part season finale. Remember that next week’s episode is 2 hrs. Exodus must mean that the raft is launched. But we also see the return of CFL and, perhaps, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=315&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=317&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)