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**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-people-sync-to-the-correct-time-in-decades-past/598016 "2023-03-12T12:41:48Z")
These days people have several options for syncing their clocks and watches to the current local time. Just a few that come to mind: Cellphone clock that auto sets, google(current time), cable or satellite tv box and/o… --- ## [Is Obama's Approval Rating Going to Plunge into the Toilet at Record Speed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obamas-approval-rating-going-to-plunge-into-the-toilet-at-record-speed/485652)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obamas-approval-rating-going-to-plunge-into-the-toilet-at-record-speed/485652 "2009-02-24T13:18:19Z")
As a disclaimer, I am a sort of moderate Republican/libertarian who didn’t want McCain to win because he is too old and I am getting tired of the existing GOP, especially Bush II. However, Obama and his administration se… --- ## [Gilbert Gottfried out as AFLAC duck due to Japan-related tweets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-out-as-aflac-duck-due-to-japan-related-tweets/574731)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-gottfried-out-as-aflac-duck-due-to-japan-related-tweets/574731 "2013-09-07T03:39:42Z")
From here: One tweet said, “I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, ‘They’ll be another one floating by any minute now.’" Not sure I agree with this. Granted, his joke was in bad taste, but I re… --- ## [Since Super Kapowzler went All "@\*&#", What is the Increase in Ad $, Please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-super-kapowzler-went-all-what-is-the-increase-in-ad-please/537165)
**Author:** [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-super-kapowzler-went-all-what-is-the-increase-in-ad-please/537165 "2010-04-28T23:55:51Z")
Word up, Hello, and Greetings this fine evening. I was wondering, since this board advertises the exposure of Acai berrys and such, and local mom making $77/hr Online and such, and noticing the sudden swell of activity … --- ## [Changing tire, nut won't budge, is there a trick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-tire-nut-wont-budge-is-there-a-trick/665084)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-tire-nut-wont-budge-is-there-a-trick/665084 "2013-08-04T11:05:45Z")
I remember when I was a kid hearing tales of nuts that were threaded in reverse, sometimes it just being a single nut per tire depending on the make of the car. I’ve got a nut that I cannot budge, even by somewhat dange… --- ## [Bus Crash Of Junior Hockey Players in Saskatchewan - Fatalities Confirmed \[in 2018\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965 "2024-12-16T03:01:25Z")
A bus carrying a Junior Hockey League team to a playoff game in East-Central Saskatchewan was T-boned by a semi today. The Mounties have confirmed fatalities and injuries. Rumours say as many as 15 dead. Witnesses say… --- ## [Spanking, when done correctly, is good for kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanking-when-done-correctly-is-good-for-kids/376053)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanking-when-done-correctly-is-good-for-kids/376053 "2006-10-17T15:10:49Z")
A couple days ago in the car, I heard a radio call-in in show discussing a recent study pointing to the benefits of spanking children for disciplinary purposes. Unfortunately I missed the details of the study, but most … --- ## [Anybody care to predict the grade this paper will receive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-care-to-predict-the-grade-this-paper-will-receive/496668)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-care-to-predict-the-grade-this-paper-will-receive/496668 "2009-06-06T17:15:05Z")
One of my many sisters came to my house this morning, accompanied by 15-year-old daughter, one of my many nieces. They wanted to borrow a copy of Beowulf. The conversation went something like this: SIS: Do you have a … --- ## [Share actual problems you've had that no one will ever sympathize with](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-actual-problems-youve-had-that-no-one-will-ever-sympathize-with/542064)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-actual-problems-youve-had-that-no-one-will-ever-sympathize-with/542064 "2010-07-08T17:27:52Z")
I am at the church I volunteer at, supposedly working on the budget, but I am having trouble concentrating because the belly-dance class class is meeting today. They’ve had some overflow, so about half a dozen young (= … --- ## [Should a school be allowed to ban a Confederate flag decal on a student's truck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-school-be-allowed-to-ban-a-confederate-flag-decal-on-a-students-truck/494915)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-school-be-allowed-to-ban-a-confederate-flag-decal-on-a-students-truck/494915 "2009-05-05T20:21:25Z")
Story here. Should his placement of the decal on his truckallow them to ban it from school grounds or not? --- ## [Should I "steal" hotel shampoos, lotions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-steal-hotel-shampoos-lotions/532500)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-steal-hotel-shampoos-lotions/532500 "2010-03-16T11:09:57Z")
Note that I am not asking if the hotel expects me to steal the provided shampoo, conditioner, lotion, and/or mouthwash. I am not even asking whether or not some people feel they are “entitled” to it. I am asking should… --- ## [Things that totally ruin the suspension of disbelief in a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-totally-ruin-the-suspension-of-disbelief-in-a-movie/394438)
**Author:** [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-totally-ruin-the-suspension-of-disbelief-in-a-movie/394438 "2007-04-27T13:39:20Z")
Okay, I just wanted to get out a few of my movie pet peeves that really ruin a particular scene or whatever. Hopefully I can come up with two, but I’m mainly focusing on things that really make you think, “Oh please…” I… --- ## [It seems inevitable that US schools will soon need to teach about Islam.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-inevitable-that-us-schools-will-soon-need-to-teach-about-islam/704050)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-inevitable-that-us-schools-will-soon-need-to-teach-about-islam/704050 "2014-12-22T20:21:28Z")
If for no other reason than teach the difference between Sunni and Shia. In order to produce kids able to understand the modern world and compete in it, the American School System will very soon need to say\* something\*. … --- ## [Without looking it up, how many Oscar nominees have been in Marvel films?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-it-up-how-many-oscar-nominees-have-been-in-marvel-films/686700 "2020-04-05T15:13:18Z")
Off the top of my head: Robert Downey Jr. Ben Affleck Robert Redford Samuel Jackson Jennifer Lawrence Halle Berry Natalie Portman Anthony Hopkins Nicholas Cage Don Cheadle Then there’s a \*\*\*\*load I’m not 100% … --- ## [Glucose (dextrose) is king of the post-workout carbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glucose-dextrose-is-king-of-the-post-workout-carbs/587660)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glucose-dextrose-is-king-of-the-post-workout-carbs/587660 "2017-02-06T23:17:31Z")
Consider this a bit of a PSA, just because it is such an overlooked and misunderstood aspect of post-workout nutrition (and simply nutrition and the body overall). Most everyone knows, or has heard about the “post-worko… --- ## [The new UPS "logistics" commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-ups-logistics-commercial/553931)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-ups-logistics-commercial/553931 "2011-09-21T05:27:55Z")
The UPS “Logistics” commercial. They took a truly wonderful song, \*That’s Amore, \*and turned it into a jingle sung with no inflection and no feeling whatsoever . . . exactly the opposite of the way it should be sung. I… --- ## [Prediction: Guardians of the Galaxy makes $120 Million+ its opening weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-guardians-of-the-galaxy-makes-120-million-its-opening-weekend/694242)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-guardians-of-the-galaxy-makes-120-million-its-opening-weekend/694242 "2014-08-04T19:38:03Z")
For some reason a lot of the people who watch the movie business are convinced there will be no hits this summer (for example there hasn’t yet been movie to make over $300 million domestic yet). I am convinced they are … --- ## [Possible to Blaze a Doobie at Disneyland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-blaze-a-doobie-at-disneyland/637157)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2012, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-blaze-a-doobie-at-disneyland/637157 "2012-10-16T11:56:01Z")
There are designated smoking areas at Disneyland. Medical marijuana is legal in California. Does Disneyland park security eject guests for smoking MJ? --- ## [If humans vanished, would dog breeds merge or speciate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-vanished-would-dog-breeds-merge-or-speciate/680399)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-vanished-would-dog-breeds-merge-or-speciate/680399 "2014-02-09T19:49:44Z")
Suppose all humanity goes extinct overnight. Because of some plague, like the Superflu in Stephen King’s The Stand, or for some other reason, it doesn’t matter so long as it leaves the world otherwise intact. Most dogs… --- ## [How advanced and powerful is the Chinese military](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-advanced-and-powerful-is-the-chinese-military/659182)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-advanced-and-powerful-is-the-chinese-military/659182 "2019-08-21T20:30:41Z")
The Chinese military spending is about $100 billion a year. How large and advanced is their military? There is some info here obviously But I’m wondering how that translates into how effective they would be at waging… --- ## [Intruder injured by boobytrap in home invasion, homeowner arrested.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intruder-injured-by-boobytrap-in-home-invasion-homeowner-arrested/330850)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intruder-injured-by-boobytrap-in-home-invasion-homeowner-arrested/330850 "2005-11-22T17:01:05Z")
http://www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=22710&cat=HOME My god, the man even put up a sign warning of possible injury to intruders I guess he should have just killed the guy. Whats the point of even trying t… --- ## [The 2007 NHL Hockey Playoffs - Steppin' It Up for the Stanley Cup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2007-nhl-hockey-playoffs-steppin-it-up-for-the-stanley-cup/398482)
**Author:** [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Replies:** 390\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2007-nhl-hockey-playoffs-steppin-it-up-for-the-stanley-cup/398482 "2007-06-11T18:06:10Z")
I am surprised that nobody has started a thread this late in the season! Lots of excitement, good stories and bad stories. Pittsburgh Penguins = Great Story…Crosby revitalizing the team and Mario finding a way to keep … --- ## [Bible Criticism Refuted or No?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-criticism-refuted-or-no/547987)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-criticism-refuted-or-no/547987 "2010-08-22T19:51:18Z")
If I google “Richard Elliott Friedman,” the sixth match I come up with is an attempted refutation of Who Wrote the Bible by Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb. I plan to go through all this more thoroughly soon but for now – being rel… --- ## [What was seeing a movie like in the 1960s-1970s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-seeing-a-movie-like-in-the-1960s-1970s/788661)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-seeing-a-movie-like-in-the-1960s-1970s/788661 "2017-12-27T02:06:28Z")
What was it like to see a movie in the 1960s or 1970s? I’ve seen a photograph circa 1958 of my local movie theater and it seems like theaters only played two movies at most at a time - is this true? In the photo I’ve see… --- ## [Questions about the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-british-navy-during-the-napoleonic-wars/652892)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-british-navy-during-the-napoleonic-wars/652892 "2014-03-20T01:04:57Z")
I recently watched the TV adaptation of Horatio Hornblower and it raised some questions in my mind about the operations of the Royal Navy at that time. What social classes did officers belong to? Horatio was not arist… --- ## [Ask the guy in Antarctica](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-antarctica/662638)
**Author:** [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-antarctica/662638 "2014-04-08T10:16:38Z")
I am currently wintering over at Palmer Station. The smallest station in the USAP (US Antarctic Program) Ask Away. --- ## [Large facial moles: Why not have them removed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-facial-moles-why-not-have-them-removed/198261)
**Author:** [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-facial-moles-why-not-have-them-removed/198261 "2003-08-29T21:18:57Z")
This question is prompted by the arrival of a visiting relative who has two large moles on her face, one on each cheek. Why (do you suppose) do some people with large facial moles not have them removed? A dear friend o… --- ## [Why dont they FEED those poor doomed lobsters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-feed-those-poor-doomed-lobsters/595581)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-feed-those-poor-doomed-lobsters/595581 "2012-02-12T00:46:40Z")
People mentioned that lobsters in a lobster tank in a restaurant are essentiall starving, they dont have anything to eat (hence the need to band their claws to keep them from turning on their roomates). I’m willing to a… --- ## [French students - A trick to help with masculine or feminine.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-students-a-trick-to-help-with-masculine-or-feminine/380881)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-students-a-trick-to-help-with-masculine-or-feminine/380881 "2006-11-20T19:10:42Z")
If you are learning French in school or elsewhere, you may wonder how to tell if a noun is masculine or feminine, especially if it begins wih a vowel like “l’enfant” which makes it impossible to tell if people are saying… --- ## [Icelandic family names ending in "dottir"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic-family-names-ending-in-dottir/377460)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic-family-names-ending-in-dottir/377460 "2015-11-13T00:25:51Z")
Yesterday I saw the movie, Flags of Our Fathers and learned from the end credits that much of it was shot in Iceland. Many, many of the local crew’s names end with “dottir”. What is the derivation/meaning of that? --- ## [Why do you eat non-veg?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-eat-non-veg/748737)
**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-eat-non-veg/748737 "2016-03-18T14:31:15Z")
Or use leather products? Poor animals are bred in farms only to be slaughtered for your food or maybe to make your shoes or your jacket. How cruel is that? Humans have a choice of what to consume unlike other species. H… --- ## [Why do people stay in non-perfect relationships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-stay-in-non-perfect-relationships/580754)
**Author:** [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-stay-in-non-perfect-relationships/580754 "2011-05-10T15:34:48Z")
Inspired by various threads here and elsewhere… It seems to me that the only way a relationship is worth the necessary sacrifices is if it brings you happiness, all the time. If the relationship is not actively making y… --- ## [Friends don't let friends wear short sleeve shirts with a tie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-short-sleeve-shirts-with-a-tie/582287)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-short-sleeve-shirts-with-a-tie/582287 "2011-05-21T01:35:37Z")
It’s never acceptable. Ever. I don’t care how old you are. I don’t care what profession you are in. I don’t care how common it is in your office or what your coworkers wear. I don’t care how nice the tie or shirt is… --- ## [Sharing a hotel room on a business trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-hotel-room-on-a-business-trip/360573)
**Author:** [@Vevila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vevila)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-hotel-room-on-a-business-trip/360573 "2006-06-21T21:54:41Z")
I’m taking a business trip next week, and a couple of new guys from the office are going with me - both of them asked if they had to share a room. At my company we don’t share rooms, and I’m not sure I would want to go … --- ## [Movie/TV actors that you'll always see as a particular character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-tv-actors-that-youll-always-see-as-a-particular-character/694535)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-tv-actors-that-youll-always-see-as-a-particular-character/694535 "2014-08-06T15:54:44Z")
Spinoff. Because, what the heck. This will of course, again, be about your subjective experiences. I’ll start: Patrick Stewart is forever captain Jean-Luc Picard for me (which, as I mentioned in the other thread, can … --- ## [Is "Every Breath You Take" about love or stalking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-every-breath-you-take-about-love-or-stalking/583062)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-every-breath-you-take-about-love-or-stalking/583062 "2011-05-30T23:40:39Z")
I feel oddly concise today. Somebody should do a quantum phasing technobabble test to make sure it’s me and not Mirror Skald. --- ## [I Have a Nice pair of Sunglasses-Can The Optician Make Prescription Glasses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-nice-pair-of-sunglasses-can-the-optician-make-prescription-glasses/534243)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-nice-pair-of-sunglasses-can-the-optician-make-prescription-glasses/534243 "2010-03-31T20:09:31Z")
I have a nice pair of sunglasses-can an optician put prescription lenses in them? Any on-line places that do this kind of thing? --- ## [Ex-smokers: When do the cravings stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-smokers-when-do-the-cravings-stop/581660)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-smokers-when-do-the-cravings-stop/581660 "2011-05-13T00:19:24Z")
I started Chantix on April 4 and have had a fairly good experience with it. I’ve had no wicked dreams, but the mood swings were strong enough to make me taper off the medication after the first 4 weeks. As of now, I on… --- ## [54% of Republicans say that, "deep down," Obama is a Muslim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/54-of-republicans-say-that-deep-down-obama-is-a-muslim/713615)
**Author:** [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/54-of-republicans-say-that-deep-down-obama-is-a-muslim/713615 "2015-03-03T21:49:25Z")
Poll here. I would think it was clear to even the most casual observer that this isn’t true. So what is going on? A guess could be that people don’t like Obama and also don’t like muslims, so therefore they equate t… --- ## [How low does the FAA allow small aircraft to fly over neighborhoods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-does-the-faa-allow-small-aircraft-to-fly-over-neighborhoods/461249)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-does-the-faa-allow-small-aircraft-to-fly-over-neighborhoods/461249 "2011-11-19T15:40:38Z")
I was wondering if the FAA has a specific distance a plane is NOT allowed to fly under when in motion over neighborhoods? I know my property is in the flight path of a small airport. I’ve seen planes fly over when inclem… --- ## [Is Anal Intercourse a Popular Means of Birth Control Anywhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-intercourse-a-popular-means-of-birth-control-anywhere/217380)
**Author:** [@nisosbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nisosbar)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anal-intercourse-a-popular-means-of-birth-control-anywhere/217380 "2003-12-16T06:55:45Z")
Again, from a book I’m reading, the mother and father of this kid discuss their younger days after they’d just met, and instead of having vaginal intercourse, they engaged in anal intercourse as a substitute. How common… --- ## [Why Do Dogs Cock Their Heads When You Talk to Them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-cock-their-heads-when-you-talk-to-them/497238)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-cock-their-heads-when-you-talk-to-them/497238 "2009-05-25T04:22:56Z")
My dog frequently does this-it is like she is pondering my words. I have seen quite a few dogs doing this…anybody know why? --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S01E20: Nothing Personal (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e20-nothing-personal-open-spoilers/687332)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e20-nothing-personal-open-spoilers/687332 "2014-05-06T00:25:53Z")
Gotta love a Godfather reference. I’ll let somebody else do the synopsis. This episode addressed some of the points raised in previous threads. Koenig is clearly dead (unless somebody wants to argue that Simmons faked … --- ## [Inglourious Basterds is Possibly the Stupidest Best Picture Nominee I've Ever Seen.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inglourious-basterds-is-possibly-the-stupidest-best-picture-nominee-ive-ever-seen/637246)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inglourious-basterds-is-possibly-the-stupidest-best-picture-nominee-ive-ever-seen/637246 "2014-07-20T12:49:36Z")
Best Picture Nom? WTF? Okay, leaving aside the whole alternative history angle, not one goddamn thing in this movie made any sense at all. Hitler leaves his bunker to attend a movie in occupied France? He only has tw… --- ## [You gotta be shitting me! \[Christmas music\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-be-shitting-me-christmas-music/380137)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-be-shitting-me-christmas-music/380137 "2006-11-25T18:48:18Z")
I found out on on November 10 that WMYX in Milwaukee has already switched it’s format over to 24 hours of Chrismas music. NOVEMBER 10th!?!?! :eek::mad::rolleyes::eek::confused: This is an otherwise popular station that… --- ## ["The Clowney Clusterfuck" - The 0-16 NFL Season Thread (2013 ed.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clowney-clusterfuck-the-0-16-nfl-season-thread-2013-ed/668339)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clowney-clusterfuck-the-0-16-nfl-season-thread-2013-ed/668339 "2014-05-10T17:09:51Z")
Gather 'round football fans, for a thread not about contenders, also-rans, or any type of qualiity football, but a thread about losing. Hopefully a thread about the lowest of nadirs, the dregs of incompetence, the perfec… --- ## [Use of the word 'repeat' taboo on Marine radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-the-word-repeat-taboo-on-marine-radio/72352)
**Author:** [@parkov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parkov)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-the-word-repeat-taboo-on-marine-radio/72352 "2014-09-12T04:57:46Z")
According to a website: Why is it such an unspeakable offense? --- ## [Could anti-healthcare reform rhetoric backfire on the Republicans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-anti-healthcare-reform-rhetoric-backfire-on-the-republicans/532899)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-anti-healthcare-reform-rhetoric-backfire-on-the-republicans/532899 "2010-03-22T21:48:42Z")
Republicans (or at least conservatives) seem to be riding high right now, with the popularity of the tea party, congress’s dismal approval numbers, Obama’s lower numbers, etc. They seem to be banking A LOT, though, on he… --- ## [If the moon disappeared, how would life on earth be affected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-moon-disappeared-how-would-life-on-earth-be-affected/367431)
**Author:** [@Rumpleforskin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumpleforskin)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-moon-disappeared-how-would-life-on-earth-be-affected/367431 "2013-07-29T03:22:15Z")
If the moon was blown up, or ceased to exist somehow, how would life on earth be affected? Obviously no moonlite, and no tides I guess. Would it be catastrophic for us? --- ## [What do you think about men shaving their armpits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-men-shaving-their-armpits/669426)
**Author:** [@One\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_Love)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-men-shaving-their-armpits/669426 "2016-03-26T12:17:56Z")
Do you have an opinion about it? Personally, I think it looks better and I really don’t see why some people have such a problem with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=359&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=361&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)