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**Author:** [@abashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abashed)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-mechanics-and-mind/793322 "2017-08-26T15:30:41Z")
It seems to me that the weird and wonderful world of quantum mechanics has been telling us something very profound about ourselves and the universe we live in, and that is, materialism is wrong and ‘mind’ or ‘spiritualit… --- ## [Big fake boobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fake-boobs/609896)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-fake-boobs/609896 "2012-01-24T03:37:12Z")
Over here in Europe breast augmentations have been in the news a lot recently, so I want to talk a little about the aesthetics of women who have surgically enhanced mammary glands. Y’know, fake boobs. Fellas - do you fi… --- ## [Microsoft buys Nokia- Will this save their smartphone venture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-buys-nokia-will-this-save-their-smartphone-venture/667865)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-buys-nokia-will-this-save-their-smartphone-venture/667865 "2013-09-07T19:06:43Z")
I thinking it’s just rearranging deck chairs, but we’ll see - Microsoft to acquire Nokia’s device and services division --- ## [How do you keep your glasses from fogging up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-your-glasses-from-fogging-up/587588)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-keep-your-glasses-from-fogging-up/587588 "2013-03-27T19:15:29Z")
My lenses get dirty and foggy really quickly. I can use the lens cleaning cloth or a lens cleaning spray to clean them, but my glasses just get dirty again within an hour or so. So are there good products that leave a r… --- ## [Is it possible to be anti-capitalist and pro-market?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-be-anti-capitalist-and-pro-market/545534)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-be-anti-capitalist-and-pro-market/545534 "2010-07-16T21:15:00Z")
Interesting discussion I came across on the TVTropes page, Anarchy is Chaos: I’ve never seen these antitheses stated in quite that way before. Of course it is possible to be anti-capitalist and pro-market, defining th… --- ## [Housing the world population](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housing-the-world-population/596863)
**Author:** [@mister\_mistro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mister_mistro)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housing-the-world-population/596863 "2022-09-08T16:09:30Z")
I am right now designing a place that can hold 275,000 people/ families, comfortably (151512 feet), in about 1.5 square kilometers. I calculated that if 47,000 of these the building could hold about 6 billion people. Th… --- ## [Secret Santa 2006](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 421\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073 "2007-01-09T23:05:00Z")
I’m gonna work it up tomorrow. Watch this thread, and be thinking about what you’d like and if you want to participate. Same rules as always ($10.00 limit), and since this is my first time, any hints and/or advice are a… --- ## [actor/actress signature movie behaviors (or the Tom Hanks peeing thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-actress-signature-movie-behaviors-or-the-tom-hanks-peeing-thread/543825 "2010-06-30T23:34:14Z")
I was wondering if anyone else has noticed certain behaviors that some actors seem to perform in each movie they are in. I have two off the top of my head. Tom Cruise - It always seems that Tommy has to get the “Tom Cr… --- ## [Do overt religious displays bias you for or against a business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-overt-religious-displays-bias-you-for-or-against-a-business/414735)
**Author:** [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Replies:** 315\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2007, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-overt-religious-displays-bias-you-for-or-against-a-business/414735 "2007-08-23T09:06:28Z")
Driving through North Carolina and Tennessee last weekend, I noticed a number of business that had overt religious references on their advertising (for example, Covenant Trucking, whose logo includes a scroll, and whose … --- ## [The apparently random blinking lights on old computers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apparently-random-blinking-lights-on-old-computers/494587)
**Author:** [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-apparently-random-blinking-lights-on-old-computers/494587 "2009-11-25T03:36:02Z")
I wondered this a long time ago and here’s an example: In “Wargames” there is a military computer called “WOPPER” or something like that. Anyway, all along its sides are rows of lights that go off and on seemingly at ran… --- ## [Unforgiven question - "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unforgiven-question-deserves-got-nothin-to-do-with-it/687078)
**Author:** [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unforgiven-question-deserves-got-nothin-to-do-with-it/687078 "2014-05-01T13:43:42Z")
In the movie, the following dialogue takes place between Little Bill and William Munny: I have never understood this line of Clint Eastwood’s. I mean, just earlier in the same scene, Munny tells Little Bill that he is … --- ## [$12 Billion in Aid Going to Farmers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-billion-in-aid-going-to-farmers/818515)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-billion-in-aid-going-to-farmers/818515 "2018-08-03T20:43:45Z")
What does everyone think about the $12 billion in aid that will be going to farmers hurt by the tariffs? I’m against that. First, since trade wars are good and easy to win, the farmers shouldn’t need any help. Second,… --- ## [Shooting a bullet while traveling the speed of light](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-a-bullet-while-traveling-the-speed-of-light/398671)
**Author:** [@human\_extinction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/human_extinction)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-a-bullet-while-traveling-the-speed-of-light/398671 "2009-05-28T13:16:06Z")
I understand the math that Cecel Adams presented in The Straight Dope about this question. However, isn’t the more practical, more pertinent answer, a one of simple reality? The energy present in the material of a gun an… --- ## [You're a Dick With a Time Machine-what do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-dick-with-a-time-machine-what-do-you-do/584653)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-dick-with-a-time-machine-what-do-you-do/584653 "2011-06-21T00:07:39Z")
Me, I send a nice healthy stack of Downfall Youtube parodies to Hitler c. 1942, and then read about his death from a heart attack on that date in the history books. :smiley: \[Youtube took down the original Robot Chicken… --- ## [Did the Nazis literally "march Jews into ovens"???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-nazis-literally-march-jews-into-ovens/725756)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-nazis-literally-march-jews-into-ovens/725756 "2015-07-31T13:32:38Z")
I’ve heard and read this phrase over and over again; i.e. “Hitler sent millions of Jews into ovens” or “millions of Jews fell victim to the concentration camp ovens” or “95 year old Klaus Scumschidt has been accused of m… --- ## [Boehner's lawsuit against Obama.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boehners-lawsuit-against-obama/692870)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boehners-lawsuit-against-obama/692870 "2014-07-21T19:04:05Z")
So Boehner has announced what the Republicans are going to sue Obama over. One gets the impression that they decided to sue before they even knew what they were going to sue over. And what are they going to sue over? O… --- ## [Have you no sense of decency, Mr. Cheney?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-no-sense-of-decency-mr-cheney/707242)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-no-sense-of-decency-mr-cheney/707242 "2014-12-30T02:25:02Z")
VP Cheney, on MTP today, when asked about the fact that some of those tortured were wrongly detained (and likely innocent of any wrongdoing): Tortured a few innocent people… no big deal, right? What an awful human bei… --- ## [Pentagon lifts ban on women in combat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-lifts-ban-on-women-in-combat/648156)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-lifts-ban-on-women-in-combat/648156 "2013-02-01T08:51:33Z")
Story here. So, ladies, who’s gonna run join up?! :slight\_smile: --- ## [Celebrities who need to be spanked.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-need-to-be-spanked/298464)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-need-to-be-spanked/298464 "2019-08-03T01:24:17Z")
To be honest, I don’t know exactly how this crossed my mind - I was watching the Daily Show and Drew Barrymore came on. For whatever reason I thought to myself that Drew Barrymore needs to be spanked, by me. I original… --- ## [Most common reason to be Pitted Appears to be Dishonesty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-reason-to-be-pitted-appears-to-be-dishonesty/946422)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-reason-to-be-pitted-appears-to-be-dishonesty/946422 "2021-07-22T16:23:08Z")
So, I’ve been reading our ongoing thread about improving the SDMB and attracting and retaining new members. The Pit comes up as one of the most common complaints, specifically about Pit-entries targeting other members o… --- ## [Is calling someone a liar rude?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-calling-someone-a-liar-rude/667645)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-calling-someone-a-liar-rude/667645 "2013-09-03T21:23:00Z")
When i was growing up, i was taught that calling someone a liar was virtually the same as punching them in the face. The only reason to call someone a liar was that you intended to have a fight with them anyway, and this… --- ## [Morality vs. Religion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morality-vs-religion/692047)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morality-vs-religion/692047 "2014-07-21T00:24:29Z")
Obviously this is entirely anecdotal, and extremely subject to confirmation bias, but it’s always been my experience that the most moral–selfless, giving, noble, honest, honorable, insert your synonym of choice here–peop… --- ## [Olympics Closing Ceremony Watch-along thread (UK)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympics-closing-ceremony-watch-along-thread-uk/631295 "2012-08-14T09:36:17Z")
Watching now, don’t ask how. --- ## [why isn't anyone doing a better job calling Romney on his BS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-anyone-doing-a-better-job-calling-romney-on-his-bs/638795)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-anyone-doing-a-better-job-calling-romney-on-his-bs/638795 "2012-11-02T03:55:29Z")
not some bashing thread, honest question: why isn’t anyone calling out romney on some of this stuff…? for example, he touts how he saved the Olympics every chance he can to show what a great job he can do with the econ… --- ## [SAG-AFTRA strike is a go! (Tentative agreement to end strike 2023-11-08)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sag-aftra-strike-is-a-go-tentative-agreement-to-end-strike-2023-11-08/987002)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sag-aftra-strike-is-a-go-tentative-agreement-to-end-strike-2023-11-08/987002 "2024-01-17T07:07:11Z")
As of midnight Friday, July 14, 2023. Quite frankly, the studios are the Bad Guys. Their streaming and AI positions are ridiculous. --- ## [Mubarak is out - now what? || After Mubarak, who is next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mubarak-is-out-now-what-after-mubarak-who-is-next/571035)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mubarak-is-out-now-what-after-mubarak-who-is-next/571035 "2011-09-18T06:36:46Z")
Shall we start a betting pool on a) what will happen to him, and b) what will replace him? Is there likely to be any real reform? --- ## [House Hunters International, who ARE these people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-hunters-international-who-are-these-people/619098)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-hunters-international-who-are-these-people/619098 "2016-01-19T17:50:14Z")
My wife loves the real estate channel all the time and the people that appear on this show puzzle the shit out of me. The only thing I can imagine is they are hiding the truth, but then why go on TV? Or they just want to… --- ## [Healing times for bullet injuries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healing-times-for-bullet-injuries/587305)
**Author:** [@History\_Monk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/History_Monk)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healing-times-for-bullet-injuries/587305 "2015-07-05T16:22:33Z")
(If this should go in IMHO, I apologize.) This is just me trying to make a cheesy story slightly less unrealistic: If a relatively healthy young person got shot with a rifle through the shoulder muscle without it hittin… --- ## [Fabulous online physics-based game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2008, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-online-physics-based-game/457233 "2008-08-14T06:30:47Z")
I give you: Fantastic Contraption Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to transport a little pink object into a goal area. To do this, you build a contraption out of five materials - wheels, either spinning … --- ## [What are the origins of some urban African American names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-origins-of-some-urban-african-american-names/435731)
**Author:** [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-origins-of-some-urban-african-american-names/435731 "2008-02-05T14:47:28Z")
For instance, I live outside of DC. and I was in a store in DC. the other day and the girl waiting on me was named “Aqualeefa”. I have also worked for Verizon in the DC. metro area and the majority of employees were bla… --- ## [Tell me about your most unpleasant and/or scary airline flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-most-unpleasant-and-or-scary-airline-flight/715102)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-most-unpleasant-and-or-scary-airline-flight/715102 "2015-07-09T20:21:25Z")
I recently experienced a fairly shaky flight - whole lotta turbulence and bouncing around, then an iffy landing on a snow-covered runway. It wasn’t exactly terrifying, but I did hear a few folks let out a ‘whoa!’. Tell… --- ## [how much does one of those big rolls of hay sell for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-one-of-those-big-rolls-of-hay-sell-for/557279)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-one-of-those-big-rolls-of-hay-sell-for/557279 "2010-10-19T11:58:49Z")
I live in Indiana, and often you’ll see those big rolls of hay in a field. They’re always the same size, so I assume there is some sort of standard. Sometimes you’ll see a truck with those on them. They’re big, and not … --- ## [Strangest places you've had sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-places-youve-had-sex/693346)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2014, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-places-youve-had-sex/693346 "2014-07-27T07:02:05Z")
What are the strangest places you’ve had sex (with another person)? And no “in my ass” answers. As for me, I’m a member of the Mile-High Club. I also had sex right on the curb, at the intersection of 14th Street and 9t… --- ## [Biscuits and Gravy for breakfast - you want some?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biscuits-and-gravy-for-breakfast-you-want-some/633817)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biscuits-and-gravy-for-breakfast-you-want-some/633817 "2012-09-14T16:41:55Z")
Biscuits and Gravy for breakfast is a special treat. I often buy it at Shipley Do-nuts or mom & pop cafes. McDonald’s has it too, but its not as good there. Costs less than $3 and thats cheap for breakfast. We also make… --- ## [Has anyone seen chowder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-chowder/553289)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-chowder/553289 "2010-09-27T09:47:53Z")
I know he’s getting on a bit in years, and doesn’t seem to have posted since January. Just wondering if anyone knows where he’s gone. --- ## [Fuck Ray Rice.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ray-rice/698247)
**Author:** [@liontamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liontamer)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ray-rice/698247 "2014-09-21T00:31:01Z")
What he did to that girl is a shame. But fuck him for ruining the beginning of the NFL season. Every time I look at a sports channel they are talking about this asshole. And of course the Ravens are playing tonight. I… --- ## [Is John Mace dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409 "2020-05-13T19:47:50Z")
Last post was in early December, last time lurking was in early January. Does anyone know if he died or went to prison or something? --- ## [NFL Wild-Card Weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904 "2010-01-11T23:10:51Z")
Which NFL team is most likely to win this weekend and why, please. (1/9 - 1/10 2010) --- ## [Finish the Movie Cliche!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-movie-cliche/471988 "2008-12-05T14:39:17Z")
Finish the previous cliche, then provide the beginning for the next player. I’ll start. Whenever a character is packing, he either just throws things in a suitcase to show that he’s in a big hurry, or is extremely calm… --- ## [Seriously, how do their pants not fall all the way down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-how-do-their-pants-not-fall-all-the-way-down/390301)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-how-do-their-pants-not-fall-all-the-way-down/390301 "2007-02-04T17:15:58Z")
Driving home from work yesterday I saw two, how shall we say - urban teenagers, trying to run to the bus stop. Trying is the key word. They both had the ‘falling down’ pants look and watching them run was extremely com… --- ## [Flint, Michigan's water.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flint-michigans-water/742493)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flint-michigans-water/742493 "2017-06-16T17:33:26Z")
I searched and surprisingly there doesn’t seem to be a thread on this yet. There’s no one article that gives the whole story on this but Google will give you lots of info if you’re not familiar with the problem. https:/… --- ## [Wait, that's a cover song??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-thats-a-cover-song/608575)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-thats-a-cover-song/608575 "2012-01-13T15:36:50Z")
Reading through a couple of recent threads I was reminded of songs I grew to love, only to find out they were covers. Not that covers are bad (in fact sometimes they’re great), but learning that can change the way you t… --- ## [So I'm considering letting my son live with his dad...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-considering-letting-my-son-live-with-his-dad/583053)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-considering-letting-my-son-live-with-his-dad/583053 "2011-05-29T00:05:22Z")
Ever since I got divorced about 5 years ago, Dominic has been living with me and going for visits to his dad (out of state). We’ve moved twice in that time and will be moving again after next year, because of my husband’… --- ## [Why do Women use the pill instead of other birth control methods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-use-the-pill-instead-of-other-birth-control-methods/613006)
**Author:** [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-use-the-pill-instead-of-other-birth-control-methods/613006 "2012-03-04T22:15:32Z")
During the discussion of medical insurance for birth control I started reading up on the various methods of birth control. Based on my experience with vitamins, depending on remembering to take a pill every day seemed l… --- ## [What do you think about Derren Brown's "The guilt trip"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-derren-browns-the-guilt-trip/601955)
**Author:** [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-derren-browns-the-guilt-trip/601955 "2011-11-24T03:11:08Z")
Last night I watched a new episode of Derren Brown’s experiments, called “The guilt trip”. You can watch it here, on channel 4OD. If you are not in the UK you might not be able to watch it (unless you have one of those … --- ## [Since It Ain't Up Yet, Here's The MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-it-aint-up-yet-heres-the-mmp/621142)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-it-aint-up-yet-heres-the-mmp/621142 "2012-05-14T07:26:08Z")
With any luck this will be the MMP. Who knows. Any number of mumpers may be doin’ this as I create this oh so insightful, creative and thought provokin’ OP. Today we are promised more rain. Yesterday afternoon and eveni… --- ## [Logitech Keyboards - Caps Lock Key - what is the "A" with a box?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logitech-keyboards-caps-lock-key-what-is-the-a-with-a-box/632388)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logitech-keyboards-caps-lock-key-what-is-the-a-with-a-box/632388 "2017-04-13T03:17:09Z")
I’ve got a Logitech keyboard, similar to this. If you look at the main image, on the left size of the keyboard is the “Cap Lock” button. On the right side of the button is an “A” in a box. You can also see it on the 4t… --- ## [People Who Don't Take Off Their Shoes Upon Entering My Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-take-off-their-shoes-upon-entering-my-home/232174)
**Author:** [@CheekyMonkey613](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheekyMonkey613)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-take-off-their-shoes-upon-entering-my-home/232174 "2019-07-15T18:55:54Z")
I’m aware there are cultural differences. Some people think leaving your shoes on is respectful (one friend once explained that her Italian in-laws do this, because in their hometown, it’s considered rude to take off yo… --- ## [Near death experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-death-experiences/609591)
**Author:** [@pati12812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pati12812)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-death-experiences/609591 "2012-02-02T12:52:23Z")
We’ve all heard stories about people dying and then coming back. What is the truth about Near Death Experiences? Is there reason to think that although hundreds of thousands of people have had similar accounts of what ha… --- ## [About United Way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-united-way/593040)
**Author:** [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-united-way/593040 "2011-08-22T16:43:29Z")
So, after reading this IMHO thread, I understand there are some strong feelings about the United Way. I have no idea what United Way does, but someone I know has become involved with the local one and so far that has bee… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=345&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=347&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)