# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=329&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:** 330 --- ## [Is hunger the feeling you get when you are losing weight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hunger-the-feeling-you-get-when-you-are-losing-weight/548499)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-hunger-the-feeling-you-get-when-you-are-losing-weight/548499 "2010-08-01T13:48:32Z")
I’m on a diet, so I’m hungry more often than usual. But that’s getting better as I get more used to being on the diet. I’ve read somewhere that hunger is the feeling you get if you’re losing weight. Does that mean tha… --- ## [What's the best, mildest, real yet useful hot sauce in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978 "2011-03-23T16:41:36Z")
Crystal, I’m guessing. It’s available nationally, right? And Pickapeppa? I’m a big fan of tomatillo sauce, as well. Herdez makes a nice one. The stuff that you can pour on like ketchup, with extra flavor. --- ## [Patriotism, a "meaningless ritual"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotism-a-meaningless-ritual/539895)
**Author:** [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotism-a-meaningless-ritual/539895 "2010-05-31T21:01:28Z")
I know other Dopers here, from the atheist crowd, have refused to bow their heads when their group is saying grace, or participate in a silent prayer (which I have no problem with, no one should be forced to do things th… --- ## [Clerks - am I supposed to like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876 "2011-06-06T16:51:39Z")
Because I’ve tried twice now and it’s been completely unwatchable, I mean from Moment 1, both times. --- ## ["Conservapedia": The Right's answer to Wikipedia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-rights-answer-to-wikipedia/394731)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-the-rights-answer-to-wikipedia/394731 "2025-10-24T16:16:40Z")
News to me they even thought they had any reason to provide an answer to the Wikipedia, but, according to the new Conservapedia website: Let’s see . . . here’s something from the page on dinosaurs: Nope, no “politica… --- ## [So, everyone hates Lefty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-everyone-hates-lefty/497673)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-everyone-hates-lefty/497673 "2014-09-29T16:16:58Z")
Both on these boards and elsewhere I have regularly heard folks claim that Phil Mickelson is generally considered to be a jerk by his peers. I have regularly requested, but never been provided, any credible/reliable evi… --- ## [Why should the Connecticut shooting change anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-the-connecticut-shooting-change-anything/644312)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-the-connecticut-shooting-change-anything/644312 "2012-12-20T17:38:33Z")
I’m always left a little numb following incidents such as last week’s shooting. Not as much by the violent act, but by the reactions to it. Is there any reason to view this type of event as anything other than a forese… --- ## [Your "Wonderfully Bad" Movie List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719 "2018-05-21T12:59:18Z")
I thought I had watched all the “so bad it’s good flicks” on earth, but I missed a doozy I saw on TCM this morning: The Silver Chalice, featuring an awful Paul Newman as a slave-sculptor, Jack Palance as a campy magician… --- ## [Excel: Need to compare two columns and output what is different](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-need-to-compare-two-columns-and-output-what-is-different/545320)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-need-to-compare-two-columns-and-output-what-is-different/545320 "2010-07-02T18:51:40Z")
This one is giving me a headache. I have two columns of differing lengths filled with e-mail addresses. I need to compare Column-A to Column-B and output any addresses in Column-B that are not already present in Column… --- ## [I had a horrible thought about Harry Potter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-horrible-thought-about-harry-potter/249965)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-horrible-thought-about-harry-potter/249965 "2004-06-24T04:13:05Z")
Ever since the A&E biography, in which J.K. Rowling showed a manila envelope that she said contained the final chapter of the last book, sort of an assurance to herself that she would need it someday, a horrid little tic… --- ## [Mississippi election for U.S. Senator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-election-for-u-s-senator/690122)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-election-for-u-s-senator/690122 "2014-08-29T21:11:39Z")
Incumbent Thad Cochran (R) is running for a seventh term. His challengers are Travis Childers (D) and Chris McDaniel (R-Tea Party). In Tuesday’s Republican primary, McDaniel beat Cochran 49.5% to 49% (margin of less th… --- ## [Celebrities who've been in (soft) porn....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-whove-been-in-soft-porn/362074)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2011, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-whove-been-in-soft-porn/362074 "2011-04-28T08:13:23Z")
The other night, I was flipping through the channels, and as usual on any given night in France there were about five or six soft porn movies on. However, that night, by chance, there was one with Penelope Cruz! I was … --- ## [Calling a PhD "Doctor".......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-a-phd-doctor/53289)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2001, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-a-phd-doctor/53289 "2001-02-13T08:19:33Z")
That’s it, just “Doctor” not “Dr. Jones”. Just “Doctor.” I have noticed some radio talk show hosts doing this and I am wondering if there is a protocol for it. Not taking anything away from the person who has earned a Ph… --- ## [Has the term "misogynistic" lost all of its meaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-term-misogynistic-lost-all-of-its-meaning/518597)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-term-misogynistic-lost-all-of-its-meaning/518597 "2009-11-25T15:46:52Z")
I was just looking at the thread Is Twilight Misogynistic? And I thought to myself…is this really what the phrase “misogynistic” has come to mean? A situation where a woman gives up her independence for a man is “misogyn… --- ## [Would you bring a cup of coffee into the restroom at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-bring-a-cup-of-coffee-into-the-restroom-at-work/640263)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-bring-a-cup-of-coffee-into-the-restroom-at-work/640263 "2013-03-16T02:46:21Z")
I’ve noticed people at work bringing coffee (from a coffee shop, in a container with a lid) into the men’s restroom on a number of occasions. That idea just blows my mind. A couple of times, I’ve cheerily commented: “E… --- ## [NFL Conference Championships (2010)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships-2010/525999)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-conference-championships-2010/525999 "2010-01-28T21:24:55Z")
One more week before the Show. Only two games this week. New York Jets at Indianapolis Colts Colts are favored by 7, last I checked, which seems low to me. The Jets have a good defense, but Peyton Manning is Peyton Man… --- ## [True story - trying to cheat at the game of life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-story-trying-to-cheat-at-the-game-of-life/677620)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-story-trying-to-cheat-at-the-game-of-life/677620 "2014-01-12T06:31:20Z")
This is a true story about experiences I have had with mental illness. I’m looking for feedback including feedback about the kind of supernatural realm I believed in. Cheating in the… --- ## [Does anyone buy powdered eggs or milk anymore? What other powdered foods are available?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-buy-powdered-eggs-or-milk-anymore-what-other-powdered-foods-are-available/662887 "2013-07-12T18:46:20Z")
I’ve heard veterans talk about powdered eggs in the military. Not very fondly either. :slight\_smile: Does anyone in the regular world buy powdered eggs? I can’t ever recall seeing them at the grocery stores. What aisle … --- ## [Do swimming pools still have high dives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-swimming-pools-still-have-high-dives/406449)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-swimming-pools-still-have-high-dives/406449 "2012-02-13T16:30:44Z")
When I was a kid (in the 1970s) every swimming pool - even public pools - had a “high dive” and a “low dive.” I’m not sure how high the hive dives were, but I would estimate 10 feet. Had lots of fun diving off of them. … --- ## [Okay, Then. Let's Do Your All-Time FAVORITE Commercials!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-then-lets-do-your-all-time-favorite-commercials/514447 "2018-01-02T19:54:30Z")
Doesn’t matter how old they are. Here’s mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk11Acjofu8 Go back or come forward as you need to! Thanks Q --- ## [My car key is having trouble unlocking my car door. How do I fix this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-key-is-having-trouble-unlocking-my-car-door-how-do-i-fix-this/610394)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-key-is-having-trouble-unlocking-my-car-door-how-do-i-fix-this/610394 "2012-01-25T03:31:57Z")
This morning I had a difficult time getting into my locked car (it is a 1995, there is no remote key entry). The key seems to be having more trouble unlocking the driver’s side door, and the key has been completely unab… --- ## [Factoid: "Humans are the best long distance runners on the planet". True?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factoid-humans-are-the-best-long-distance-runners-on-the-planet-true/658758)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factoid-humans-are-the-best-long-distance-runners-on-the-planet-true/658758 "2013-05-22T15:33:16Z")
I came across this factoid here: http://unbelievable-facts.tumblr.com/post/45407291154/humans-are-the-best-long-distance-runners-on-the-planet “Humans are the best long-distance runners on the planet, able to beat horse… --- ## [Do competitive eaters vomit afterward?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-competitive-eaters-vomit-afterward/375233)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-competitive-eaters-vomit-afterward/375233 "2006-10-04T22:17:05Z")
I suppose vomiting during the competition is considered a foul, but what about after it’s all finished? If someone eats 50 hot dogs or whatever, regardless of whether they won, do they just go the rest of the day with th… --- ## [Will masturbation shrink the penis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-masturbation-shrink-the-penis/634078)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-masturbation-shrink-the-penis/634078 "2013-02-04T03:14:53Z")
I thought it is time the storehouse of human knowledge upgraded his knowledge on this subject, since this article dated circa 2001 was published, undoubtedly at the cutting edge of medical knowledge at that time. Here… --- ## [How much alcohol until I have liver damage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-alcohol-until-i-have-liver-damage/193170)
**Author:** [@billy\_meade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy_meade)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-alcohol-until-i-have-liver-damage/193170 "2003-08-08T19:45:17Z")
I’m 24 years old. I was in a fraternity in college and drank obscene amounts of beer, and that has spilled over into my post-college life. I drink 3-4 nights a week, always in excess. Sad, yes. The point is - at wha… --- ## [Do adult men need women to be the best people they can be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-men-need-women-to-be-the-best-people-they-can-be/578812)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-men-need-women-to-be-the-best-people-they-can-be/578812 "2011-04-21T16:02:02Z")
In looking around at the landscape of people I know it seems the old saw of the most successful and happy men having a supportive female partner is not without some truth. --- ## [How best to help your child climb to a higher socioeconomic class?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-help-your-child-climb-to-a-higher-socioeconomic-class/689486)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-help-your-child-climb-to-a-higher-socioeconomic-class/689486 "2014-06-12T01:22:07Z")
My partner and I are not particularly well-off. We pay our bills on time, mostly, and are happy. But we’re unlikely to ascend out of lower-middle class anytime soon. I was raised in a working-class home and I have lots o… --- ## [I Remember When America was Good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-when-america-was-good/538550)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-remember-when-america-was-good/538550 "2010-05-11T20:38:41Z")
Remember when America was the good guys? Some day you can describe it to your kids. It’ll seem as foreign as rotary dial telephones and real breasts. Story --- ## [Do you like sriracha sauce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sriracha-sauce/736296)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-sriracha-sauce/736296 "2016-11-29T05:55:55Z")
I’m rapidly coming to the realization that pretty much all foods only exist to serve as a transportation vessel…to get the Huy Fong sriracha sauce from the bottle to my mouth. --- ## ["Rats the size of cats"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-the-size-of-cats/607528)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-the-size-of-cats/607528 "2012-01-10T18:54:05Z")
It’s a phrase I’ve come across a number of times (“The tenament has rat the size of cats living in the basement!”), but is it possible? Is there a reliably documented instance of a Rattus rattus or Rattus norvegicus that… --- ## [Mexican Restaurant Similarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-restaurant-similarity/637362)
**Author:** [@birdbrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/birdbrain)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-restaurant-similarity/637362 "2014-02-20T14:38:26Z")
I have been consumed by an intermittent obsession for about 10 years. Every so often I MUST get to the bottom of it, then it subsides for 6 or 7 months until the next new restaurant opens. Here is the thing, I have bee… --- ## [No Fossil Fuels - What would happen? End of OR Better Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-fossil-fuels-what-would-happen-end-of-or-better-earth/642375)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-fossil-fuels-what-would-happen-end-of-or-better-earth/642375 "2012-12-02T21:53:57Z")
So what would happen to our planet in the long term if the World’s fossil fuels supply completely and 100% dried up tomorrow? No I do not think this will happen, I do not believe in the peak oil theory. I realize that … --- ## [Why is ham so salty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ham-so-salty/606786)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ham-so-salty/606786 "2011-12-21T07:20:07Z")
Every Christmas my family bakes a ham, and every Christmas I can’t eat it because it’s too damn salty. The chef doesn’t add salt or marinate it or anything. That’s just ham. It’s like it’s naturally salty. I can barely t… --- ## [State of the Union 2018 follow-along thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846 "2018-02-01T16:36:35Z")
CBS News already has their live stream up and they’ll have the Democratic response afterwards as well. --- ## [PETA to sue Sea World for slavery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-to-sue-sea-world-for-slavery/601027)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-to-sue-sea-world-for-slavery/601027 "2011-11-14T23:49:57Z")
From this article in the LA Times. For debate: is this tactic in any way, shape, manner, or form helpful to PETA’s cause? --- ## [Exploding Jawbreaker Cruely Burns Child? LIKE FUCK IT DOES!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploding-jawbreaker-cruely-burns-child-like-fuck-it-does/202580)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploding-jawbreaker-cruely-burns-child-like-fuck-it-does/202580 "2005-05-06T18:46:30Z")
Go Here– http://www.local6.com/news/2491417/detail.html Purportedly, a little girl had an ordinary jawbreaker explode in her face, & give her horrible burns. I don’t think so. Only a fucking imbecile of a cop would b… --- ## [Is it possible to drain a car battery by charging a phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-drain-a-car-battery-by-charging-a-phone/684401)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-drain-a-car-battery-by-charging-a-phone/684401 "2014-03-25T03:18:49Z")
Yesterday I needed a jump start because somehow my battery got drained. I have a 2013 Honda CRV with less than 10K miles on it. I drove about two hours to a soccer tournament and between games sat in the car with the key… --- ## [Lost 3.12: "Par Avion"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-12-par-avion/395895)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-12-par-avion/395895 "2007-03-22T19:27:56Z")
Thread rules: Locke and crew are still off to see the Wizard, but only after a pit stop at The Flame Station (which Locke ends up destroying). Now, with Eye-Patch-Guy in tow, they continue their quest. But what has b… --- ## [What do black people think of Eminem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-black-people-think-of-eminem/143641)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-black-people-think-of-eminem/143641 "2012-03-12T17:30:44Z")
Eminem is percieved by most white people to be a credible rapper but I was thinking what is the opinion of black people of him? Is he bad or amaturish, what do you think? --- ## [Will Titanium set off Airport metal detectors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-titanium-set-off-airport-metal-detectors/654703)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-titanium-set-off-airport-metal-detectors/654703 "2013-04-05T22:11:42Z")
Regis and Dave Letterman are arguing on if Regis’ Titanium hip will set off the airport security systems. --- ## [Small/medium penis vs. attraction to petite women - correlation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-medium-penis-vs-attraction-to-petite-women-correlation/412814)
**Author:** [@noblebaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noblebaron)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2007, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-medium-penis-vs-attraction-to-petite-women-correlation/412814 "2007-07-29T09:48:35Z")
Has anyone else wondered if there is, generally speaking, a correlation between average height/tall guys who like petite women vs. perception of their own penis size (as small/medium?) Do average height/tall guys who pe… --- ## [Could Texas secede any time they want](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-texas-secede-any-time-they-want/493281)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-texas-secede-any-time-they-want/493281 "2009-04-28T04:34:11Z")
Texas governor Rick Perry has suggested that Texas can secede from the Union - og knows, they’ve done it before - but what is the legal reality of the situation? Okay, that first part probably qualifies as a GQ type thi… --- ## [What are good movies with narrators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-good-movies-with-narrators/529603)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-good-movies-with-narrators/529603 "2010-02-19T23:40:44Z")
Narration is out of fashion at the moment. Audiences think it reeks of someone talking down to them, explaining the plot instead of letting it play out in front of them and trusting them to get it. (This is why Idiocracy … --- ## [Ask the Professional Cooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-professional-cooks/560208)
**Author:** [@AutumnLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AutumnLeaves)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-professional-cooks/560208 "2010-11-18T22:08:43Z")
In a Pit thread titled Hell’s Kitchen and it’s \[sic\] Viewers, I mentioned being a professional cook and this was posted: \[QUOTE=Wordman\] You MUST start an “Ask the” thread if you haven’t already. Fascinating stuff. You… --- ## [Internet perversion blows my mind again...(TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-perversion-blows-my-mind-again-tmi/346789)
**Author:** [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-perversion-blows-my-mind-again-tmi/346789 "2007-03-16T19:37:36Z")
I’ve said it before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again: Just when I thought I’d seen it all… Guys with fetishes for watching Godzilla step on stuff, hockeyMPREG (stories about male hockey players - pregnant), and other wei… --- ## [Your favorite TV characters of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-tv-characters-of-all-time/614641 "2012-05-17T02:18:07Z")
This article was sent to me yesterday by a Doper friend because he knows how much I like Omar Little on The Wire as a favorite character on that show. In response to him I said that Omar may just be my favorite character… --- ## [Battlestar Galactica - 1.1- \*Open Spoilers\* - "33" - the plot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-1-1-open-spoilers-33-the-plot/577129)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-1-1-open-spoilers-33-the-plot/577129 "2011-04-12T02:22:24Z")
I know all the hip and trendy people watched BG years ago, but anyway I haven’t caught up with it before now. I heard good things about the series so Mrs P & I have begun to work our way through. I’m not going to box s… --- ## [Scientifically inaccurate songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientifically-inaccurate-songs/325882)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientifically-inaccurate-songs/325882 "2005-10-22T03:28:12Z")
I need some examples. I can think of two: “Saved the Best for Last,” when Vanessa Williams sings “sometimes the sun goes 'round the moon.” And Coldplay’s “Speed of Sound,” which says, “birds go flying at the speed of … --- ## [Is Smapti Serious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-smapti-serious/609666)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-smapti-serious/609666 "2014-11-05T02:01:51Z")
I haven’t known Smapti until this post in IMHO, but it literally had my eyeballs popping out of my sockets: If this guy is actually serious, Smapti advocated an insane totalitarian society paralleled only by certain in… --- ## [Why is unequal wealth distribution “unfair”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-unequal-wealth-distribution-unfair/471519)
**Author:** [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-unequal-wealth-distribution-unfair/471519 "2008-11-14T08:00:18Z")
I have been wrestling with this for a while. On this board, and many other places, people have been talking about economic “fairness” I’m not sure what they even mean by that, but if it’s what I think it is, then I’m … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=328&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=330&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)