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**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vietnam-war-why-werent-conscripts-drafted-into-the-navy-or-the-air-force/698464 "2016-10-19T18:32:10Z")
The book of knowledge reports: Why didn’t the US Navy and the US Air Force take (or maybe rather: were forced to take) conscripts during the Vietnam Era? Draftees only served in the Army and the Marine Corps. Was that … --- ## [If God Made Me, He Knows I Can't Believe in Him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-made-me-he-knows-i-cant-believe-in-him/419882)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 354\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-made-me-he-knows-i-cant-believe-in-him/419882 "2007-09-28T02:55:01Z")
This has come up for me in some recent discussions with people knocking on my door on weekend mornings. It seems extremely obvious to me that if God exists in a form anything like he’s presented in the Bible, (omnipoten… --- ## [Can someone explain to me why what we are doing isn't overreacting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-why-what-we-are-doing-isnt-overreacting/850297)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-why-what-we-are-doing-isnt-overreacting/850297 "2020-04-08T16:58:55Z")
I’m sure I’ll get a lot of hostility for this but hear me out. Back when the death rate was considered to be 2-4%, that is a pretty high number. We’re looking at worst case scenario, 60-70% of the human race gets the in… --- ## [Orphan Black on BBC America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orphan-black-on-bbc-america/654458)
**Author:** [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orphan-black-on-bbc-america/654458 "2013-07-22T20:38:47Z")
Hi all, Did anyone else catch the premiere of this show last night? I liked it enough to watch it twice. My only complaint was the German Sarah seemed more like a Russian Sarah but other than that, interesting premise. … --- ## [Is being gay going against natural laws?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-gay-going-against-natural-laws/570440)
**Author:** [@Rokman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rokman)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-gay-going-against-natural-laws/570440 "2011-02-14T04:53:24Z")
I just had a thought, similar to the film Daybreakers, what if everyone on the planet was gay? and nobody had sex with the opposite gender. Humanity would end! Isn’t that sort of going against nature and our basic anima… --- ## [Epstein Suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451)
**Author:** [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-suicide/838451 "2019-11-15T13:44:06Z")
This just in NY Times --- ## [Jennifer Wilbanks, you've got A LOT of apologies to start making](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852)
**Author:** [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852 "2005-05-09T19:44:03Z")
Jennifer Wilbanks, you’ve got A LOT of apologies to start making to family. friends, authorities, volunteers, investigated suspects. everybody. To make it worse, you initially concocted a cock-a-mamie kidnap story blami… --- ## [Ask me about my abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-about-my-abortion/580993)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-about-my-abortion/580993 "2011-05-10T13:08:21Z")
I have started a thread like this once before, long ago. I was reading the thread in the pit about anti-abortion picketers, and the usual arguments have been raised - that an abortion is a baby, not a group of cells, tha… --- ## [Who else drives a manual transmission by choice...or am I the only one left???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-drives-a-manual-transmission-by-choice-or-am-i-the-only-one-left/644716)
**Author:** [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-drives-a-manual-transmission-by-choice-or-am-i-the-only-one-left/644716 "2012-12-25T04:16:34Z")
Every time someone rides in either of my vehicles for the first time, they are surprised that I “still” choose a manual transmission (aka- ‘stick shift’). Apparently, I am the only person that many of these people know … --- ## [My poached eggs keep sinking to the bottom of the pan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-poached-eggs-keep-sinking-to-the-bottom-of-the-pan/504881)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-poached-eggs-keep-sinking-to-the-bottom-of-the-pan/504881 "2009-08-02T17:25:24Z")
I love poached eggs, but every time I make them, they wind up sinking to the bottom of the pan, and I have the scrape the pan clean afterward. I’ve watched a number of YouTube videos about how to poach - I use white vine… --- ## [Refrigerator Water Filters: Scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refrigerator-water-filters-scam/744401)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refrigerator-water-filters-scam/744401 "2019-12-22T23:00:00Z")
We bought a new fridge about two years ago. It’s a Whirlpool French door fridge with the freezer on the bottom. It has an automatic ice maker and water dispenser in the door. It has a display on the front that tells y… --- ## [Wisconsin orders arrest of missing Democrats. Legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-orders-arrest-of-missing-democrats-legal/573396)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-orders-arrest-of-missing-democrats-legal/573396 "2011-03-11T01:55:58Z")
(This may be a GQ question but given the political heat surrounding this figured GD was better…feel free to move if I posted here in error.) According to the Wisconsin State journal: So, is that legal? If it is legal… --- ## [UK Green party peer suggests 6 pm curfew for men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-green-party-peer-suggests-6-pm-curfew-for-men/937953)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-green-party-peer-suggests-6-pm-curfew-for-men/937953 "2021-10-01T14:52:29Z")
After the murder of Sarah Everard in London a debate has broken out on how to keep women safe. A woman in the Green party–I assume somewhat tongue-in-cheek–that women would be safest if London instituted a man-only curf… --- ## [Barack Obama posts here. Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272)
**Author:** [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-posts-here-really/721272 "2015-06-13T19:24:53Z")
I notice that there’s a poster here who goes by the name Barack Obama. Is using the name of a real, public person kosher? If it is, can I be Brad Pitt? I’m not putting this in the Pit because I don’t have a beef with an… --- ## [Let's play "Spot the Sociopath"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-spot-the-sociopath/620892)
**Author:** [@Sacrilegium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sacrilegium)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-spot-the-sociopath/620892 "2012-05-09T19:48:12Z")
Simply put: Are there any people who are currently alive and have some degree of fame who you think are sociopaths or psychopaths? I’m not talking so much about convicted murderers or the like. More about people who b… --- ## [Dancing with the Stars -- DWTS -- Fall 2013 with Bill Nye the Science Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991 "2013-11-28T11:21:11Z")
Holy shit! Bill Nye? --- ## [Tell me about Uber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-uber/696829)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-uber/696829 "2015-05-02T15:20:23Z")
Thinking of using Uber for a ride to the airport in NJ and also as a replacement for cabs in for cabs on a separate trip to NYC but I am not quite sure how it works. Is it subscription? Do you pay the driver or the app?… --- ## [Wisconsin GOP tries to forestall special elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-gop-tries-to-forestall-special-elections/811118)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-gop-tries-to-forestall-special-elections/811118 "2018-06-13T10:55:32Z")
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel article. As I understand the situation, two Republican state lawmakers resigned to join Gov. Scott Walker’s administration this past December. The Governor did not call special elections to fi… --- ## [Are helium tanks heavier when full or empty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-helium-tanks-heavier-when-full-or-empty/130161)
**Author:** [@angstrom91](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angstrom91)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-helium-tanks-heavier-when-full-or-empty/130161 "2002-10-02T13:26:08Z")
Not having a helium tank handy to toss on my bathroom scale, I found myself wondering when a tank of helium (or hydrogen, or some other less dense than air gas) is heavier… when it’s full, or when it’s empty? By empty, … --- ## [What would it take for George W. Bush to mend his reputation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-for-george-w-bush-to-mend-his-reputation/549835)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-for-george-w-bush-to-mend-his-reputation/549835 "2010-09-03T16:11:09Z")
Would it be possible for him to pull off a Jimmy Carter? Granted the Carter Administration is still viewed as something of a disaster, but the man himself has managed to build up a sterling personal reputation through hi… --- ## [Portal 2: Now available for pre-loading.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-2-now-available-for-pre-loading/578154)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portal-2-now-available-for-pre-loading/578154 "2011-05-23T02:34:29Z")
Just sayin’. For those of us who’ve pre-ordered the game, Portal 2 – all 10GB of it! – is now available to be pre-loaded. The game is currently due to launch on April 19. I say “currently” because… well, read on. … --- ## [Old B&w movies where in the guy slaps the woman.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223 "2013-02-06T20:26:00Z")
Are there really any movies out there where in a guy slaps a hysterical woman whereupon she basically responds with “Oh thank you. I needed that.” Was male on female violence considered a non issue in movies back in tho… --- ## [Shooting and mass murder in Isla Vista](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-and-mass-murder-in-isla-vista/689177)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-and-mass-murder-in-isla-vista/689177 "2014-05-28T22:17:03Z")
I’m just seeing this on television news. A shooter drove through the densely populated college community of Isla Vista in Santa Barbara, targeting people. Seven are dead, seven injured, and the shooter himself dead. T… --- ## [How hard is it to fly an Airplane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-fly-an-airplane/651792)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-fly-an-airplane/651792 "2013-03-27T20:02:08Z")
I assume it’s more complicated than “this thing makes it go up and down, this thing turns it right or left, and this thing makes it go faster or slower” But how hard is it? I assume a 747 is harder than a beechcraft? Ho… --- ## [The execution of Humberto Leal Garcia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-execution-of-humberto-leal-garcia/588676)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-execution-of-humberto-leal-garcia/588676 "2011-07-22T13:53:49Z")
Humberto Leal Garcia was recently executed in Texas for the rape/murder of a 16 year old in 1994. I believe that Leal Garcia was about 23 at the time. Born in Mexico, he had been raised since infancy/toddlerhood in San… --- ## [Where is the evidence that Bush "lied"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-evidence-that-bush-lied/510983)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-evidence-that-bush-lied/510983 "2009-09-24T22:31:43Z")
I know that this will turn into a GD, but here goes. We went to war in Iraq looking for WMDs and we didn’t find any. There could be 2 reasons for this: Bush was mistaken. Bush lied. Where is the evidence that Bush k… --- ## ["The Valley" in California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-valley-in-california/693889)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-valley-in-california/693889 "2014-08-28T17:57:25Z")
For as long as I can remember, people in southern California have referred to “The Valley” with equal parts horror, disgust, contempt, and distaste. As someone who has never been to California, I have two questions: M… --- ## [I am not a fan of the term "white privilege”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-fan-of-the-term-white-privilege/747872)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-fan-of-the-term-white-privilege/747872 "2016-03-14T22:15:07Z")
The idea of “white privilege” doesn’t make any sense to me. Don’t get me wrong, I understand how the term is used and what it is supposed to mean. I think of a privilege is an unearned “leg-up” on something that an ind… --- ## [How many songs have "Kalamazoo" in their lyrics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-have-kalamazoo-in-their-lyrics/438956)
**Author:** [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-songs-have-kalamazoo-in-their-lyrics/438956 "2011-12-28T18:52:56Z")
Let’s face it, “Kalamazoo” is a great word - I’m surprised \*more \* songs don’t use it. But it’s just a smallish city in the midwest. Two songs on my IPod have shout-outs to Kalamazoo - “I Got a Gal” by Glenn Miller, an… --- ## [Question for Harley Owners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-harley-owners/690629)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-harley-owners/690629 "2014-07-05T23:29:22Z")
I just saw what I believed to be a beautiful red Sportster. However, when the accelerated from the stoplight, the exhaust note was not that of Harley. At the next light I noticed H-O-N-D-A on the back of the seat. So,… --- ## [Explain the 'Prince Albert in a can' joke to me, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017 "2005-07-13T02:14:05Z")
OK, so the thread about Price Albert’s illegitimate child reminded me of a joke I often hear repeated on TV and inmovies, or maybe in a joke book for kids or something, that is a prank call. For those unfamiliar with it… --- ## [Style Of Clothing That Is Best Accentuated With A Porkpie Hat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/style-of-clothing-that-is-best-accentuated-with-a-porkpie-hat/581554)
**Author:** [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/style-of-clothing-that-is-best-accentuated-with-a-porkpie-hat/581554 "2011-05-19T19:14:54Z")
I received a porkpie hat as a 2010 Christmas present. I’m told that it is bad ass and incidentally makes the wearer look bad ass and sexy. I’ve been complimented on it by men, women, elderly and young and all that with… --- ## [Greatest Tennis Players Of All Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-tennis-players-of-all-time/627602)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-tennis-players-of-all-time/627602 "2012-07-25T01:23:01Z")
There is a list here. Just a list of opinions of course. It does surprise me. Lleyton hewitt and Hana Mandlikova can get in there? I’d have Lew Hoad a bit higher, but in saying that I don’t know who I would squeeze ou… --- ## [Can you maintain a friendship with someone you had an affair with while trying to fix your marriage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-maintain-a-friendship-with-someone-you-had-an-affair-with-while-trying-to-fix-your-marriage/507514)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-maintain-a-friendship-with-someone-you-had-an-affair-with-while-trying-to-fix-your-marriage/507514 "2009-09-02T02:05:51Z")
I’m hoping for opinions from both sides on this, but we’ll see. In this situation, a spouse (Spouse A) has developed a deep friendship with someone that inadvertently turned into an affair (the sex was technically allow… --- ## [Things You Don't Want To Hear On A First Date](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-to-hear-on-a-first-date/662961)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-to-hear-on-a-first-date/662961 "2013-07-22T06:34:43Z")
“Don’t worry - I think it is just a cold sore.” --- ## [Is it legal to change lanes across a solid white line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-change-lanes-across-a-solid-white-line/611222)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-change-lanes-across-a-solid-white-line/611222 "2012-02-02T19:15:15Z")
I got a ticket this morning for coming off of the highway on the right side of the road and crossing to the left-hand turn lane, which by that point was demarcated with a solid line. Mind you, these lines are at least a… --- ## [Der Trihs, a moment of your time, if you would.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-a-moment-of-your-time-if-you-would/392089)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 285\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-a-moment-of-your-time-if-you-would/392089 "2007-02-16T18:35:46Z")
I’m sure you’ve been pitted before. This is how it works: I’m going to call you a douche, and a coward, and a person who genuinely creates feelings of ill will via a written digital medium. Not an easy task. In the p… --- ## [Heater core leak in my car. Cost to replace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heater-core-leak-in-my-car-cost-to-replace/466024)
**Author:** [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heater-core-leak-in-my-car-cost-to-replace/466024 "2014-02-17T17:20:54Z")
I have a 1994 Chrysler LeBaron convertible, and I suspect the heater core has a leak of some kind. I can smell that engine coolant smell in the passenger compartment. I first noticed it late spring, but I have the top … --- ## [SO/Spouse has a gross habit - what do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-spouse-has-a-gross-habit-what-do-you-do/556217)
**Author:** [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-spouse-has-a-gross-habit-what-do-you-do/556217 "2010-10-09T13:53:04Z")
So let’s say you have an SO/spouse who is very compatible with you in many ways and most of the time you’re very happy together. One problem though: as the relationship has progressed this person has become “comfortable… --- ## [In which I agree with what the NRA says](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-agree-with-what-the-nra-says/675075)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-agree-with-what-the-nra-says/675075 "2013-12-11T19:02:34Z")
Mind you, I probably don’t agree with the NRA. But I agree with what it says. In response to Mayor Bloomberg’s claim that Second Amendment supporters believe all gun laws are unconstitutional, the NRA says: “Second Am… --- ## [MLB: Double play often missed at 2nd; umpires ignore. True? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-double-play-often-missed-at-2nd-umpires-ignore-true-why/541384)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-double-play-often-missed-at-2nd-umpires-ignore-true-why/541384 "2010-06-05T05:46:12Z")
Expanding on my telegrahic title: Watching MLB with a Tivo I have confirmed something I’ve thought for decades. Namely that when turning the standard 2nd-to-1st double play, the baseman working second will often pull h… --- ## [Drinking beer in public from a brown paper bag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-beer-in-public-from-a-brown-paper-bag/436031)
**Author:** [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-beer-in-public-from-a-brown-paper-bag/436031 "2008-02-05T22:47:41Z")
Correct, me if I’m wrong, but in most places in the US, it’s illegal to drink alcohol while walking down the street, on the subway, possibly in the park, etc. Yet people do–not infrequently do I see people drinking big 1… --- ## [I Pit You Pregnant Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-pregnant-lady/345034)
**Author:** [@furnishesq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furnishesq)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-pregnant-lady/345034 "2006-03-12T23:26:18Z")
Here is the story: My spouse and I have been trying to concieve a child for 7 years – with no luck. We have tried specialists, IVF, second opinions, etc – all to no avail. We have grieved over this and, with time, we … --- ## [Jim Crow era convictions need to expunged, and the victims need to be compensated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-crow-era-convictions-need-to-expunged-and-the-victims-need-to-be-compensated/565831)
**Author:** [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-crow-era-convictions-need-to-expunged-and-the-victims-need-to-be-compensated/565831 "2011-01-06T21:33:54Z")
Jim Crow legally lasted up until 1965 (and really lasted longer). There are black persons who are still in prison who were convicted of crimes under this racist system. These convictions cannot be trusted regardless of w… --- ## [former Military...favorite jargon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-military-favorite-jargon/692752)
**Author:** [@MostlyUseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyUseless)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-military-favorite-jargon/692752 "2014-07-28T14:55:29Z")
Former USAF SP. What is your favorite military terms? I was in before MREs…C rats for us. My favorite? Green eggs and ham. beans and MFers. John Wayne can openers. John Wayne cookies. What else? The people in th… --- ## [Celebrity Deathpool 2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2001, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715 "2001-12-04T07:02:39Z")
It’s Celebrity Deathpool 2001. Unlike last year where I thought of this at the last minute, this year I’m giving a little lead time. You have until January 1 to post your picks. Pretty much the same idea as last year b… --- ## [Smokers stink.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-stink/537378)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-stink/537378 "2010-04-28T20:54:43Z")
Not a moral judgment, just a statement of fact. If you smoke regularly the stench of cigarette smoke sticks to your clothing. Your hair. Your breath reeks of it regardless of how often you brush your teeth or how many… --- ## [Just how backwards is Saudi Arabia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-backwards-is-saudi-arabia/709978)
**Author:** [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-backwards-is-saudi-arabia/709978 "2015-01-23T20:39:46Z")
The latest news coming out of Saudi Arabia is for the blogger who is going to receive 1,000 public lashes, to be delivered 50 a week for one year, along with ten years in prison and one million riyals fine. Being the hu… --- ## [How do anabolic steroids make your head bigger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-anabolic-steroids-make-your-head-bigger/349157)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-anabolic-steroids-make-your-head-bigger/349157 "2006-03-20T21:25:18Z")
Or in other words, what part of your head increases in size? I imagine it’s the skull, though it’s hard for me to see how that would happen. Does your brain get bigger too, or does it just slosh around more? Also, whe… --- ## [Are there dehumidifiers that do not also generate a blast of hot air?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-dehumidifiers-that-do-not-also-generate-a-blast-of-hot-air/727826)
**Author:** [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-dehumidifiers-that-do-not-also-generate-a-blast-of-hot-air/727826 "2015-08-17T19:35:38Z")
Simply put, is it possible to design a dehumidifier that does not also generate a lot of heat? I’ve got a basement that is nice and cool in the summertime, and it’s therefore a great place to escape the heat (my house d… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=360&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=362&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)