# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=34&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:** 35 --- ## [Pop songs with kick-ass horns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065 "2015-01-23T02:15:44Z")
“Vehicle” - Ides of March “25 or 6 to 4” - Chicago “Uptight” - Stevie Wonder --- ## [Best way to commit suicide and preserve organs for donation? (do not need answer fast, heh)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-commit-suicide-and-preserve-organs-for-donation-do-not-need-answer-fast-heh/575855)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-commit-suicide-and-preserve-organs-for-donation-do-not-need-answer-fast-heh/575855 "2015-09-25T03:17:22Z")
I know the thread title is creepy. I assure all of you that I am not suicidal and this question is not applicable to any real situation as far as I am aware. It’s just idle curiosity. But say that someone who was young a… --- ## ["Cops" show comes to Omaha; 1 dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680)
**Author:** [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Replies:** 357\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680 "2014-09-12T22:30:16Z")
Omaha police last night shot a cameraman dead who was filming a robbery-in-progress at a Wendy’s restaurant. I want to see them glorify that. Police overreach has been my main theme since joining this enlightened assembl… --- ## [Shame on those that refuse the vaccine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-those-that-refuse-the-vaccine/946870)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 1296\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-those-that-refuse-the-vaccine/946870 "2022-01-27T13:01:20Z")
I’m not much for Pit rants but I need to get this off my chest. For all those who are able to get the vaccine and refuse to do so, I hope covid gets them and takes them out so they aren’t a problem anymore. All they ar… --- ## [On the Many Failings of Capitalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-many-failings-of-capitalism/709911)
**Author:** [@Enterprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enterprise)\ **Replies:** 353\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-many-failings-of-capitalism/709911 "2015-06-02T03:55:55Z")
I rather derailed this thread with an exasperated reply to Sam Stone’s sad libertarian rant on the blessings of free-market capitalism, and figured I should give him the opportunity to respond in a more appropriate venue… --- ## [Wendy Davis for Governor of Texas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendy-davis-for-governor-of-texas/662685 "2014-11-06T12:13:00Z")
She won’t rule it out, anyway. Does she have a chance? --- ## [Could a smaller, trained female realistically beat up a larger male?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-smaller-trained-female-realistically-beat-up-a-larger-male/669200)
**Author:** [@onefortheroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onefortheroad)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-smaller-trained-female-realistically-beat-up-a-larger-male/669200 "2016-08-16T15:21:25Z")
How many women could or have defended themselves against and/or beaten up larger men? My girlfriend and I have decided to take a self defense class together and she claims that a trained woman would have the advantage ov… --- ## [Mole removal! Comfort me, or, share your horror stories!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mole-removal-comfort-me-or-share-your-horror-stories/571506)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mole-removal-comfort-me-or-share-your-horror-stories/571506 "2011-03-08T04:12:46Z")
(Skin dots, not the burrowing critter.) I’m going to my dermatalogist this Friday to have about a half-dozen moles removed. I’ve known for a couple of years that they’re “iffy” but lost my job (and health insurance) sho… --- ## [Georgia governor signs strictest abortion bill in nation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-governor-signs-strictest-abortion-bill-in-nation/833659)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 848\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-governor-signs-strictest-abortion-bill-in-nation/833659 "2019-06-04T11:58:58Z")
Link This idiotic law, as the article goes on to state, may have unintended consequences. If fetuses have legal personhood then they are entitled to due process. I look forward to thousands of Habeas Corpus suits for … --- ## [Trump's Shutdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-shutdown/827577)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 688\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-shutdown/827577 "2019-02-19T12:33:04Z")
News of agencies cutting staff, services being curtailed, etc. are all over the board, popping up in threads in this forum, MPSIMS and in Elections (primarily) and it’s getting hard for me to remember where I saw what, s… --- ## [Post your ghost stories here, and I will debunk them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-ghost-stories-here-and-i-will-debunk-them/543674)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 428\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-ghost-stories-here-and-i-will-debunk-them/543674 "2010-08-24T21:31:39Z")
Since I’m not allowed to fight ignorance in this thread, I’ll do it here. Post whatever ridiculous story you have about smelling your late grandma’s perfume or seeing a plate fall off a shelf on your late Aunt Madge’s b… --- ## [Heres my 0.2c Lute Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018)
**Author:** [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-my-0-2c-lute-skywatcher/622018 "2012-08-19T18:28:34Z")
I’m not really one for online communities, so generally I just stay away from those threads where people are requesting help in an emergency, or hugs after a disaster, etc etc. Life can be tough, and if people want to … --- ## [Snowboarder Bo is going to the quarry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-is-going-to-the-quarry/608461)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 377\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-is-going-to-the-quarry/608461 "2015-09-26T21:45:34Z")
Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down here! That’s awesome! Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! I totally Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there’d! Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuf… --- ## [I can't change my light bulb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-change-my-light-bulb/511942)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-change-my-light-bulb/511942 "2019-02-15T00:22:21Z")
Seriously, I can’t do it this time. I can’t get the glass globe off to get to the light bulb. Here’s the best picture I could find on the web of the fixture we’re dealing with: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h… --- ## [Congressman attacks student for daring to ask him a question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-attacks-student-for-daring-to-ask-him-a-question/543227)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 557\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressman-attacks-student-for-daring-to-ask-him-a-question/543227 "2010-06-24T23:05:40Z")
Here’s the link via Power Line Blog (in case the original video is removed again): This is really weird. A congressman, Bob Etheridge, from NC, is approached by two students on a sidewalk in Washington. One of the s… --- ## [Stopped at a red light in a Manual transmission do you...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopped-at-a-red-light-in-a-manual-transmission-do-you/578109)
**Author:** [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopped-at-a-red-light-in-a-manual-transmission-do-you/578109 "2011-04-17T22:48:15Z")
Keep the car in first gear and clutch in, foot on the brake. Put the car in neutral with foot on the brake, and shift back to first when the light changes Other None of the above because I only drive automatics My da… --- ## [Things you're shocked to find out some people don't know.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-shocked-to-find-out-some-people-dont-know/524353)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 498\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-shocked-to-find-out-some-people-dont-know/524353 "2010-01-30T19:29:18Z")
So I was at my mom’s on Christmas. My brother and his girlfriend live there. They are both twenty years old. We got talking about music and then supergroups and, finally, the song “We Are the World”. Turns out they’ve h… --- ## [Latest conservative grievance - polls "oversample" Democrats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-conservative-grievance-polls-oversample-democrats/635647)
**Author:** [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Replies:** 329\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-conservative-grievance-polls-oversample-democrats/635647 "2012-11-23T18:27:36Z")
They use this report by Rasmussen to prove that more R’s than D’s exist. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public\_content/archive/mood\_of\_america\_archive/partisan\_trends/summary\_of\_party\_affiliation Sure enough, most pol… --- ## [My thoughts on albums everybody has already heard.(recommendations accepted)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 508\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217 "2026-02-26T15:08:26Z")
I am looking for suggestions, so please leave yours for me to “review” if you like. Also, please add yours if you had similar experiences. I grew up rather musically clueless. I listen to no popular music, or really any… --- ## [Obama nominates Judge Merrick Garland to the SCOTUS.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-nominates-judge-merrick-garland-to-the-scotus/749160)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 504\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-nominates-judge-merrick-garland-to-the-scotus/749160 "2016-04-19T23:06:13Z")
By most accounts Judge Garland is a moderate. He is also a little older at 63 years old. I think that under other circumstances this is someone that Republicans would be happy to confirm to the SCOTUS. How do you all t… --- ## [The Creepy Thread (Stories and Links Welcome)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379)
**Author:** [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379 "2014-10-29T19:42:51Z")
Okay, it’s near my favorite time of the year and I’m seriously jonesing for some creepy material. There have been many threads in the past that have collected creepy material and I hope that this one becomes a repositor… --- ## [Obama does his best to degrade a couple of Marines. Next episode: Wipers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-does-his-best-to-degrade-a-couple-of-marines-next-episode-wipers/658538)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 396\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-does-his-best-to-degrade-a-couple-of-marines-next-episode-wipers/658538 "2013-05-29T10:01:05Z")
Being tewwibwy afwaid of getting his hair wet, during a press conference President Obama summoned two Marines to hold umbrellas over himself and the Prime Minister of Turkey. Just looking at the picture makes me want to… --- ## [Do blisters eventually go down? Or is popping them necessary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-blisters-eventually-go-down-or-is-popping-them-necessary/589079)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-blisters-eventually-go-down-or-is-popping-them-necessary/589079 "2015-12-28T16:18:25Z")
Got a small penny sized burn on my hand from a hot pot lid. Blister appeared the next morning. Still there three days later. Should I drain it with a needle? I’d Clean the needle and skin first in alcohol. Or will th… --- ## ["Unite the Right" white nationalist march: Ugliness on full display.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unite-the-right-white-nationalist-march-ugliness-on-full-display/793444)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 634\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unite-the-right-white-nationalist-march-ugliness-on-full-display/793444 "2017-08-24T22:15:23Z")
Story here: http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/12/us/charlottesville-white-nationalists-rally/index.html And here: Protesters Clash in Charlottesville at White Nationalists Rally – NBC4 Washington --- ## [Palin says she has "Fire In the Belly." Is it just gas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614)
**Author:** [@Profound\_Gibberish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profound_Gibberish)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-says-she-has-fire-in-the-belly-is-it-just-gas/582614 "2011-07-16T19:22:39Z")
So where is she on the Gingrich Scale of Electability? --- ## [Citizen Trump (et al.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 697\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizen-trump-et-al/930458 "2022-09-09T06:05:50Z")
We are a week away from the end of Trump’s term in office and knowing that we’ll need a new place to catalog his (and his family’s/crony’s) missteps, vent fury at transgressions and cackle with glee at consequences and m… --- ## [Why does oatmeal give me heartburn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-oatmeal-give-me-heartburn/343129)
**Author:** [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-oatmeal-give-me-heartburn/343129 "2017-09-08T21:05:07Z")
Just what the title says. I love the stuff, but no matter what form–oat groats from scratch, Quaker instant, oatmeal cookies–it gives me hideous heartburn about 45 minutes to an hour after I eat it. Plain oatmeal does i… --- ## [Is Sidney Powell insane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 549\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sidney-powell-insane/926169 "2021-10-15T19:38:06Z")
If you haven’t heard of this woman, she is one of the lead lawyers for Donald Trump’s election-overturning campaign of odd lawsuits. She is an actual lawyer with a long resume of doing legitimately lawyery things. Powe… --- ## [Can Gingrich Be Serious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-gingrich-be-serious/610085)
**Author:** [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Replies:** 285\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-gingrich-be-serious/610085 "2012-01-27T18:37:33Z")
In tonight’s debate, Gingrich went on a tirade against CNN for asking him about his second wife’s “open marriage” allegations, and said that the networks were clearly anti-Republican because they had not accepted his off… --- ## [Greatest Military Leader elimination game (game thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-military-leader-elimination-game-game-thread/550010)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 538\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-military-leader-elimination-game-game-thread/550010 "2010-11-08T19:25:56Z")
Setup thread here: Greatest Military Leader elimination game (setup thread) - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board. The five-word (or longer) descriptions have been edited as necessary for accuracy, clarity and/o… --- ## [GOP superPACs plan to spend $1 billion on electons this year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-superpacs-plan-to-spend-1-billion-on-electons-this-year/624451)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 310\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-superpacs-plan-to-spend-1-billion-on-electons-this-year/624451 "2012-07-13T18:46:56Z")
From Politico: Let’s please not allow this any more. --- ## [Epic facebook meltdown from Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-facebook-meltdown-from-gordon-ramseys-kitchen-nightmares/658341)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 320\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-facebook-meltdown-from-gordon-ramseys-kitchen-nightmares/658341 "2014-04-13T20:28:45Z")
Buzzfeed link Head over to the actual Facebook page to see it in all it’s glory! ETA Kitchen Nightmares, not Hells Kitchen. --- ## [Canadian Parliament Attacked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-parliament-attacked/702149)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 380\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-parliament-attacked/702149 "2015-04-04T00:15:07Z")
Active shooter in Parliament Building http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/breaking-news-oct-22/article21217602/ https://twitter.com/josh\_wingrove has pictures in the building on the scene. --- ## [Fukushima still melting down, still a nuclear disaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fukushima-still-melting-down-still-a-nuclear-disaster/670282)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 356\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fukushima-still-melting-down-still-a-nuclear-disaster/670282 "2015-04-23T01:37:26Z")
A goodly portion of Japan in Fukushima prefecture is still a nuclear meltdown disaster area. They are talking about growing vegetables 60 miles away and how some leaking water is 6700 times over the supposedly safe li… --- ## [Cigarettes: Why would anyone want a soft pack instead of a hard pack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigarettes-why-would-anyone-want-a-soft-pack-instead-of-a-hard-pack/411541)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigarettes-why-would-anyone-want-a-soft-pack-instead-of-a-hard-pack/411541 "2018-03-31T04:21:17Z")
GQ first, as I’m thinking there might be a factual answer that I hadn’t considered. Why would anyone want a soft pack of cigarettes over a hard pack? They’re the same price. A soft pack results in them all getting cru… --- ## [Springing the new Sequential Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 860\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-the-new-sequential-thread/612531 "2012-06-21T14:34:26Z")
OK, it’s still Winter for another month, but the Holly Jolly Sequential Thread has gone on longer than most people keep up their Christmas lights, so I’m springing a new thread for a new season. Ask the person who lives… --- ## [The Trump Campaign Promise Walk-Back Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-campaign-promise-walk-back-thread/771556)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-campaign-promise-walk-back-thread/771556 "2017-04-17T07:46:22Z")
Trump made a lot of promises, some rather outrageous, and his hardcore supporters ate it up. I devote this thread to a discussion of his failure to take the actions he said he would take. (Not that this upsets me in any … --- ## [The latest assessment essay gems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736 "2020-11-11T01:55:43Z")
For your consideration and enjoyment… (note to the uninitiated: these are sentences found among tons of assessment essays written for college placement; I help score them.) \[mother to a kid picking the ash off a burnt … --- ## [Februbitchy Rantuary - February's Mini-Rants Thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 446\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/februbitchy-rantuary-februarys-mini-rants-thread/611429 "2012-03-01T08:34:46Z")
I was so tempted to go with “AGH! Is That A Cymbal Monkey?” but I went with this instead. :slight\_smile: --- ## [You won't be raped tonight...you're fucking welcome, bitch.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wont-be-raped-tonight-youre-fucking-welcome-bitch/659845)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 392\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wont-be-raped-tonight-youre-fucking-welcome-bitch/659845 "2013-06-08T01:41:07Z")
The backstory: Long story short, my wife and I get a text from a friend saying he’s at a local bar and asking if we could join him. We haven’t seen this person is some time, so we agree. By a stroke of fortune, when w… --- ## [French economist Thomas Piketty is raising a ruckus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-economist-thomas-piketty-is-raising-a-ruckus/686690)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 365\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-economist-thomas-piketty-is-raising-a-ruckus/686690 "2014-10-02T04:20:13Z")
Not on purpose, not at all. But his new book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century (I haven’t read it, but I’ve read a lot about it online in the past few days), apparently concludes that there is no economic force that … --- ## [Do British and Irish people have a hard time understanding Americans speak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-british-and-irish-people-have-a-hard-time-understanding-americans-speak/462903)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-british-and-irish-people-have-a-hard-time-understanding-americans-speak/462903 "2010-09-17T19:28:24Z")
I can’t help but think they’re the ones with the accent, though I know I must be biased from growing up in the US. Several of the less cultured people I know cannot understand a word that British and Irish people say. He… --- ## [Poll finds Obama is the worst president since World War II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-finds-obama-is-the-worst-president-since-world-war-ii/692186)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-finds-obama-is-the-worst-president-since-world-war-ii/692186 "2014-08-27T12:49:19Z")
A new poll is making the news. When asked who was the worst president since World War II, Obama “won” with 33% of the vote. Only 28% said George W Bush. Third place went to Nixon, with 13%. When asked who was the bes… --- ## [Trump Supporters are Flawed People](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-are-flawed-people/771345)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporters-are-flawed-people/771345 "2016-12-17T11:34:55Z")
I found this post on another forum that - to me - accurately describes the typical Trump supporter, most of which are good people with flawed logic. I had a phone call this morning with my parents who are Trump support… --- ## [Grimm Season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-2/631400)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 351\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-2/631400 "2013-05-24T23:53:14Z")
There is a long thread on season 1 While this show (IMHO) doesn’t have the following to justify one thread per episode, there is enough for one thread per season. Season two starts tonight (August 13, 9 PM Central), a… --- ## [NFL Draft 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2013/655234)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 562\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-draft-2013/655234 "2013-05-01T02:00:47Z")
So the NFL Draft is a scant 16 days, 8 hours, 52 minutes, and 32 seconds away, and there is no thread about it yet, so I guess it falls to me. It’s been interesting watching how the draft went from something in a dark me… --- ## [\[GAME\] Botticelli Oct 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 865\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-botticelli-oct-2014/700044 "2014-10-31T16:35:24Z")
Happy October! In honor of Halloween month, the new letter is N! --- ## [Obama and Divisiveness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-divisiveness/748286)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 486\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-divisiveness/748286 "2016-06-05T18:37:09Z")
Many people have said that President Obama has been divisive. What’s y’all’s take on that? I can kind of see where those ideas are coming from. Obama indeed has tried to deal with race, and he rightfully tries to addres… --- ## [Libya and Obama; it's the last straw for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-and-obama-its-the-last-straw-for-me/575212)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 544\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-and-obama-its-the-last-straw-for-me/575212 "2011-03-31T04:19:31Z")
There’s no indication of genocide in Libya; it’s a simple civil war. It’s the civilians rising up against the Army. It’s a perfectly valid act of war for a government to attack the civilians that are taking military acti… --- ## [The Tulsi Gabbard Presidential campaign thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tulsi-gabbard-presidential-campaign-thread/827665)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 434\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tulsi-gabbard-presidential-campaign-thread/827665 "2022-10-21T00:14:16Z")
So Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who is an alleged Democrat, is running for Congress. And she begins her campaign by criticizing other Democrats who call Trump nominees out for using their religious biases as a basis of … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=33&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=35&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)