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**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sup-home-or-holmes-slang-term/712043 "2020-02-02T19:55:46Z")
In urban slang, a close friend – especially/usually someone from your neighbourhood – is a ‘homeboy’ or ‘homie’. That is, someone from your home. In the '80s I heard people say ‘What up, Home?’ That is, one person is … --- ## [My war against Trinidad cutomer service.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-war-against-trinidad-cutomer-service/684589)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-war-against-trinidad-cutomer-service/684589 "2015-01-20T12:47:14Z")
Customer service in Trinidad is an oxymoron, for whatever reason local culture has an idea of acceptable that is so far into crazy it is intolerable to me and I have made it a point to not put up with it. I have experien… --- ## [Why all the disdain for George Lucas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-disdain-for-george-lucas/522626)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-disdain-for-george-lucas/522626 "2020-01-19T18:40:56Z")
When the recent 3 movies came out (episodes 1,2,3) I heard some people were not happy with them. But I had no idea idea the level of complaints until I started visiting this board. I must say I am surprised that Luca… --- ## [US employers looking down on the unemployed and those taking assistance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-employers-looking-down-on-the-unemployed-and-those-taking-assistance/571182)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-employers-looking-down-on-the-unemployed-and-those-taking-assistance/571182 "2011-02-16T22:01:51Z")
In threads about jobs it’s sometimes mentioned that being unemployed makes you less desirable to employers. Also, in my thread about some on-line applications asking about benefits such as TANF or SNAP, a couple of peop… --- ## [Anti-Rape Activists Having a Hard Time Dating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-rape-activists-having-a-hard-time-dating/736111)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-rape-activists-having-a-hard-time-dating/736111 "2016-01-09T06:05:44Z")
From New York Magazine: Hooking Up When You’re an Anti-Rape Activist At least one of them had a narrow escape … --- ## [Question for straight guys (about strap-on wearing women)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-straight-guys-about-strap-on-wearing-women/174045)
**Author:** [@Shame\_s\_Joys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shame_s_Joys)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-straight-guys-about-strap-on-wearing-women/174045 "2018-06-14T13:39:12Z")
Guys: IF you identify as straight, meaning you are definitely not gay, and IF you like the idea of a woman buttfucking you while she wears a strap-on dildo… Do you get pleasure from the fact that it’s a WOMAN having a… --- ## [Public Lands, National Monuments, Antiquities Act, and States' Rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-lands-national-monuments-antiquities-act-and-states-rights/785316)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-lands-national-monuments-antiquities-act-and-states-rights/785316 "2017-12-10T08:34:56Z")
Today President Trump signed an executive order that called for a review of major designations (100,000+ acres) of national monuments in the last 21 years. The impetus for this order appears to mostly be my Utah Congress… --- ## [Why do I feel sick in the morning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-sick-in-the-morning/588674)
**Author:** [@Hubertus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hubertus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-sick-in-the-morning/588674 "2011-07-14T23:18:10Z")
I’m not talking about morning sickness, as I am a very nonpregnant male. I have no real health issues. My only issue is that I never really wake up hungry and at least to some degree I feel sick to my stomach every morni… --- ## [2000 Pontiac Bonneville Power Window Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-pontiac-bonneville-power-window-problem/516896)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-pontiac-bonneville-power-window-problem/516896 "2020-12-10T03:42:46Z")
Maybe one of you car guys can help me isolate this problem. 4 door power windows. Driver’s window, lock, and mirror adjust work properly. Passenger side and both rear windows and power locks don’t work, either from th… --- ## [In-law family gatherings... Do Not Want (to go)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-law-family-gatherings-do-not-want-to-go/541932)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-law-family-gatherings-do-not-want-to-go/541932 "2012-06-03T19:16:29Z")
As I am not a party person, and as my family isn’t the gathering kind, I subject my husband to zero obligatory parties of my workplace or my family. If he doesn’t want to come, I won’t make him to. Usually I will just st… --- ## [Firefly the Series: What age is it appropriate viewing for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-series-what-age-is-it-appropriate-viewing-for/428418)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefly-the-series-what-age-is-it-appropriate-viewing-for/428418 "2012-05-17T09:58:56Z")
I just got the first DVD from Netflix and I don’t know anything about this series. Is it appropriate for a 7 year old or 10 year old. I generally let them watch Doctor Who, Pushing Daisies and Simpsons but not South Par… --- ## [Rigamarole, You Are Either A Liar Or A Sociopath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rigamarole-you-are-either-a-liar-or-a-sociopath/386343)
**Author:** [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rigamarole-you-are-either-a-liar-or-a-sociopath/386343 "2007-01-04T01:42:22Z")
Your call. This post just blows my fucking mind, especially the last sentence. You’ll give him until tomorrow? To see if he’s dead or not? Two hours after you see someone who might be dead, or dying, otr in deep dist… --- ## [Rabbit season.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-season/698310 "2014-09-19T15:02:06Z")
Fall is around the corner and so it’s rabbit season. I’ve not made this in some years because my wife won’t touch it and neither will my daughter. My son is old enough not to follow along and so will probably eat it no… --- ## [Can a wealthy criminal live with impunity on the high seas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-wealthy-criminal-live-with-impunity-on-the-high-seas/613615)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-wealthy-criminal-live-with-impunity-on-the-high-seas/613615 "2013-09-02T22:57:30Z")
I don’t mean a terrorist like OBL who would be targeted by the military, but just a regular white collar criminal. What if for instance Bernie Madoff had bought a big old yacht and just lived on it out in international … --- ## [A sad day - did Johnny Cash really record this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-day-did-johnny-cash-really-record-this/299752)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-day-did-johnny-cash-really-record-this/299752 "2023-01-13T18:24:27Z")
I was just downloading some Johnny Cash mp3’s, and to my horror, I ran across this tune called “Ship Those Niggers Back.” I downloaded it, hoping against hope that it would turn out to be an ironic comment against raci… --- ## [Am I a moron for buying Emergen-C fizzy vitamin C powders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-moron-for-buying-emergen-c-fizzy-vitamin-c-powders/598297)
**Author:** [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-moron-for-buying-emergen-c-fizzy-vitamin-c-powders/598297 "2011-10-03T19:59:10Z")
I’m a healthy adult. Good immune system. Rarely get sick. Don’t eat much fruit tho. I have an incredibly hard time swallowing pills, especially large ones like the 1000 mg vitamin C ones. And anyway, I’m not convinced … --- ## [Cops ambushed and shot in Brooklyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-ambushed-and-shot-in-brooklyn/707771)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-ambushed-and-shot-in-brooklyn/707771 "2014-12-30T20:41:10Z")
I hope its not related to the Brooklyn “I Can’t Breath” protests against cops. Several cops have been punched and attacked in the last couple weeks. Doesn’t help that their new mayor threw all the police under the bus. … --- ## [SDMB Subscription Help 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282 "2011-05-21T18:19:37Z")
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: We’ve had some requests for a “subscription help” thread here in ATMB – as we’ve had before this is a place where people could offer to help Dopers having various problems/diff… --- ## [Cripes! Tiny fish bone in my throat. Doctor-worthy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cripes-tiny-fish-bone-in-my-throat-doctor-worthy/345153)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cripes-tiny-fish-bone-in-my-throat-doctor-worthy/345153 "2006-02-20T20:14:25Z")
Since I ate some smoked trout earlier today, I have a distinct sensation of something stuck back in my throat that I can’t find with a finger nor swallow down. I did find in the remaining trout some tiny bones no thicke… --- ## ["Casablanca"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casablanca/403881)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casablanca/403881 "2013-01-22T21:58:06Z")
I haven’t seen this in 20 years, I don’t think, but it’s on PBS tonight. What a well-crafted film it is! One thing I’ve gained in the last 20 years is a much more extensive knowlege of American poular song, so I’m notic… --- ## [Songs that sound upbeat but have darker meanings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-upbeat-but-have-darker-meanings/658485)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-upbeat-but-have-darker-meanings/658485 "2015-06-21T01:46:09Z")
“Santeria” by Sublime and “Semi-Charmed Life” by Third Eye Blind are two such examples. What are some other ones? --- ## [What Temp Does Water Freeze, in Denver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-temp-does-water-freeze-in-denver/270622)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-temp-does-water-freeze-in-denver/270622 "2021-11-21T07:09:04Z")
I know it sounds like there’s a trick to this question, but I was just wondering: At what temp does water freeze at a high altitude? Does lower air pressure change the freezing point at all? - Jinx --- ## [Should the media help mass murderers get famous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-media-help-mass-murderers-get-famous/628885)
**Author:** [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-media-help-mass-murderers-get-famous/628885 "2012-07-24T12:00:44Z")
Considering the fact that many mass shooters go on their rampages in part for the grotesque infamy, are news outlets immoral for abetting this motive by publishing/airing the killers’ names, likenesses and grisly deeds i… --- ## [Ever seen a miracle or other supernatural thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-miracle-or-other-supernatural-thing/528608)
**Author:** [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-miracle-or-other-supernatural-thing/528608 "2010-03-12T18:18:06Z")
Have you or anyone you know ever experienced a miracle or other supernatural phenomenon? For the purposes of this thread let’s define that as something that appeared to violate natural laws as we understand them and cou… --- ## [Finally! The DNC grows some balls.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-the-dnc-grows-some-balls/513248)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-the-dnc-grows-some-balls/513248 "2009-10-18T05:19:56Z")
I just want to make it clear that even though I’m a supporter of Obama, I think the award is awfully premature. But the conservatives’ bloviating has been, as usual, disgusting. Anyway here’s what the DNC had to say abo… --- ## [Paula Rader paying for the crimes of her husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-rader-paying-for-the-crimes-of-her-husband/330767)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paula-rader-paying-for-the-crimes-of-her-husband/330767 "2005-11-16T22:36:48Z")
Paula Rader is trying to sell the house she owns. All rights in the house were granted to her in the divorce from her ex-husband, the BTK killer. From CNN: In what way are these actions anything more than mean-spirite… --- ## [Any countries where certain professions don't exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-countries-where-certain-professions-dont-exist/683313)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-countries-where-certain-professions-dont-exist/683313 "2014-03-23T14:29:55Z")
I’ve started watching a private detective series set in Ireland on Netflix called Jack Taylor. In the very first episode there’s a claim that there are no private detective in Ireland, that is “smacks of informant” and… --- ## [void after 90 days -- really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/void-after-90-days-really/613665)
**Author:** [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/void-after-90-days-really/613665 "2012-02-23T00:31:34Z")
Just found a refund check from where I accidentally double paid a medical bill. I had put it to the side and forgot about it. Now it turns up but is past the 90 day window. Is it really void or should I deposit it any… --- ## [What if I ate this toy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-ate-this-toy/361334)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-ate-this-toy/361334 "2006-06-26T14:00:49Z")
I have before me a toy octopus. Not your average octopus, but an expandable one. It’s got the requisite 8 legs and is about 3 or 4 inches across. I’d be willing to bet I could get it down without chewing. If I concen… --- ## [What comprises Trump's "eight-year assault on your Second Amendment freedoms"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comprises-trumps-eight-year-assault-on-your-second-amendment-freedoms/785460)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comprises-trumps-eight-year-assault-on-your-second-amendment-freedoms/785460 "2017-05-31T19:22:49Z")
\[ \](Full Transcript: President Donald Trump's Speech Fires Up the NRA - Newsweek)I lived thru the past eight years and I didn’t notice an assault on my 2nd Amendment freedoms. I don’t recall federal agencies going af… --- ## [Abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion/470098)
**Author:** [@Emery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emery)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion/470098 "2008-11-19T04:12:01Z")
I’ve got to ask this, since this board is primarily quite liberal by the looks of it. How can anybody support abortion? By what means do you justify killing an unborn child, which is what it is. I’m very intersted in … --- ## [The SDMB Weight Loss Club - Part Deux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-deux/174675)
**Author:** [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Replies:** 470\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-deux/174675 "2003-10-09T21:13:10Z")
Since the original thread has evolved into 8 pages at this point, I felt it was as good a time as ever to start a new one. To quote the SDMB Weight Loss Club founder, Liirogue: So get your butt (of any size) in here s… --- ## ["Live a good life", with or without Gods- quote of Marcus Aurelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-a-good-life-with-or-without-gods-quote-of-marcus-aurelius/582080)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-a-good-life-with-or-without-gods-quote-of-marcus-aurelius/582080 "2011-06-02T13:50:35Z")
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not wa… --- ## [Dimpled cars and aircraft (Mythbusters)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dimpled-cars-and-aircraft-mythbusters/514744)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dimpled-cars-and-aircraft-mythbusters/514744 "2009-10-26T01:58:47Z")
Last night’s Mythbusters (Oct 21) tested the hypothesis that a dirty car gets better mileage than a clean one. It doesn’t. However, the crew then built a car with a (golfball-like) dimpled surface. It was a lovely thi… --- ## [Benghazigate: How do Liberals see it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benghazigate-how-do-liberals-see-it/638843)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benghazigate-how-do-liberals-see-it/638843 "2012-11-02T21:04:41Z")
So I’ve been spending most of my time recently on a political forum which, while one could not quite call it a “conservative” message board, is certainly a lot more full of crazy than this one. Liberals are in a minority… --- ## [4th Republican presidential candidates debate tonight 11/10/15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4th-republican-presidential-candidates-debate-tonight-11-10-15/737201)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4th-republican-presidential-candidates-debate-tonight-11-10-15/737201 "2015-12-04T19:45:29Z")
This time, Graham and Pataki don’t even get a seat at the kids’ table, to which Christie and Huckabee have been relegated. That leaves eight candidates in the main event: Trump, Carson, Rubio, Bush, Cruz, Kasich, Paul a… --- ## [WTF kind of BBQ is this???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-kind-of-bbq-is-this/626942)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-kind-of-bbq-is-this/626942 "2012-07-16T20:44:45Z")
So, we’re invited to a BBQ at my mum’s coworkers house for Canada Day - nice right? Except she’s charging us $8 each for meat and we pulled up and apparently it’s a potluck as well?!? Of course we have nothing (other th… --- ## [Wonder Woman flat chested? That is some kind of series reboot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348 "2013-12-30T05:37:19Z")
I’m sure Gal Gadot is a fine actor and wonderful person. But she isn’t the right body type at all for Wonder Woman. A Amazonian is big framed, and yes big boobs too. It’s all part of the character. Gal Gadot is so thin.… --- ## [Law Limiting Highest to Lowest Compensation Ratio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-limiting-highest-to-lowest-compensation-ratio/638961)
**Author:** [@dataguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dataguy)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-limiting-highest-to-lowest-compensation-ratio/638961 "2012-11-01T22:28:32Z")
There is a problem with the relative distribution of wealth in America. Historically, this leads to social instability when income disparity becomes too large. Instead of achieving redistribution through taxation. how … --- ## [Ancient Rome was only 5.3 square miles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-rome-was-only-5-3-square-miles/570713)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-rome-was-only-5-3-square-miles/570713 "2011-02-24T17:15:39Z")
That is, if we include all and only the area within the Aurelian Walls. For comparison, Manhattan is 33.77 square miles. Manhattan could hold 6.3 Romes. If we include only the Republican city within the Servian Wall i… --- ## [Location](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location/432695)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/location/432695 "2008-03-19T03:20:20Z")
Look, just put your real location in the fucking field will ya? You think I’m amused or impressed with your little joke location? No. I think you’re a pompous, self centered jerk who thinks you’re cute if you joke abo… --- ## [Could Colin Powell have stopped the Iraq war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-colin-powell-have-stopped-the-iraq-war/653535)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-colin-powell-have-stopped-the-iraq-war/653535 "2013-03-26T08:16:05Z")
Using your 20/20 hindsight, speculate on whether Colin Powell, if he had come to his senses/grown some balls/been a diffferent person, etc., might have realized “Holy shit! Everything the adminsitration is claiming is we… --- ## [On "antiwork" and necessary labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-antiwork-and-necessary-labor/963671)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-antiwork-and-necessary-labor/963671 "2022-06-09T20:43:03Z")
Many news cycles ago the conservative media had a field day with a “disastrous” interview between Fox News host Jesse Watters and a moderator of the antiwork subreddit. While I think it’s unreasonable to expect a loosel… --- ## [The Uber boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uber-boycott/778539)
**Author:** [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uber-boycott/778539 "2017-06-29T13:38:23Z")
Everyone I know Ian proudly announcing the deletion of their Uber accounts. I’ve heard the charges agains Uber, but I’m not sure I totally get it. As far as I can tell: Uber has defended itself against charges of strike… --- ## [Incest: How close is too close?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incest-how-close-is-too-close/420924)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incest-how-close-is-too-close/420924 "2014-12-20T01:32:13Z")
Siblings? Half-siblings? Stepsiblings? Adopted siblings? First, second, third cousins? Uncle/aunt and Niece/nephew? When do you lose the “EWWWWWWWWWWWWW” factor? --- ## [Lost 2.2: "Adrift"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-2-2-adrift/323766 "2005-10-04T21:43:30Z")
First, the thread rules: Will Desmond shine light on the “Lost” mystery? What happened to Kate? How are the folks on the raft (or what’s left of it) faring? Will Walt speak again (backwards, of course)? As usual, m… --- ## [I thought Seth Green was gay?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-seth-green-was-gay/653718)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-seth-green-was-gay/653718 "2015-04-18T17:02:34Z")
I just happen to come across an article which says that he got married in 2010 (to a chick). I could have sworn I read that he was gay. Not closeted, just never saw the need to talk about it. I know it wasn’t about MacFa… --- ## [Unconvential Music Solos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconvential-music-solos/781626)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconvential-music-solos/781626 "2017-03-22T04:22:15Z")
We’ve all heard great guitar solos, or drum solos, even bass solos, but what other kind of awesome solos can you think of that aren’t of the norm? My first example would be the great harmonica solo by Jon Popper in Blue… --- ## [Do some people NEED faith?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-people-need-faith/665810)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-people-need-faith/665810 "2013-08-31T04:08:42Z")
My uncle told my brother and I that “People need God” at my grandfather’s funeral. I was about 6 or 7 years old. I’m not just talking about God though. One of my best friends stated that she believed in Karma. As I t… --- ## [Obama is planning to use Executive Orders for gun control.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-planning-to-use-executive-orders-for-gun-control/646673)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-planning-to-use-executive-orders-for-gun-control/646673 "2013-01-19T03:55:59Z")
\ I guess they’ll be a massive court battle much sooner than expected. Obama thinks he can whip out his pen and crush gun owners. Now maybe people will finally understand why people have been worried about Obama. T… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=352&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=354&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)