# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=367&period=all&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 368 --- ## [Those of you who are sick of us transgender people, what do you actually want us to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-of-you-who-are-sick-of-us-transgender-people-what-do-you-actually-want-us-to-do/831428)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_Raygun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_Raygun)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-of-you-who-are-sick-of-us-transgender-people-what-do-you-actually-want-us-to-do/831428 "2019-04-02T01:24:15Z")
I find that most discussions about trans people, particularly when they don’t actually include trans people, quickly turn into hardline stances about the nature of gender and trans-ness. I know I’ll inevitably see some o… --- ## ["We Are the World 25". Good God.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-world-25-good-god/528802 "2010-03-10T21:36:51Z")
Terrible. Was that T. Pain with Autotune? :smack: --- ## [Might invading North Korea be both a moral duty, and a sure thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-invading-north-korea-be-both-a-moral-duty-and-a-sure-thing/547094)
**Author:** [@Recliner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Recliner)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-invading-north-korea-be-both-a-moral-duty-and-a-sure-thing/547094 "2010-08-04T02:48:21Z")
I was just reading about the conflicting reports of the WHO and Amnesty International on NK’s healthcare system (an odd flap, but basically, WHO praises it, Amnesty says its “medieval”), and now I’m thinking: should “we”… --- ## [Electricity Generated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricity-generated/555338)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Mind)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricity-generated/555338 "2010-09-29T23:47:04Z")
Hi, a simple, maybe a silly, question about electricity, for example generated by a Car alternator, what happens to the power generated that is not being consumed by the users, like lights or Radio etc. If for example th… --- ## [Crusader Kings II (aka O Dear God What Have I Gotten Myself Into...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crusader-kings-ii-aka-o-dear-god-what-have-i-gotten-myself-into/699429)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crusader-kings-ii-aka-o-dear-god-what-have-i-gotten-myself-into/699429 "2015-02-18T13:54:58Z")
First, thanks to Terminus Est for gifting me a copy of this crazy game, though I foresee many hundreds of hours wasted ahead. Tonight I spent six hours clicking through menus, most of the time completely baffled by what… --- ## [passwords - easy to remember but hard to crack - would this work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passwords-easy-to-remember-but-hard-to-crack-would-this-work/678336)
**Author:** [@PBear42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PBear42)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passwords-easy-to-remember-but-hard-to-crack-would-this-work/678336 "2014-01-31T00:39:07Z")
Reading a bit on account of the recent hacking has made me painfully aware that my understanding of good password practices has gotten somewhat dated. I realize the best currently-available solution would be to adopt a … --- ## [Can what you write in the memo field deface a check?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-what-you-write-in-the-memo-field-deface-a-check/454476)
**Author:** [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-what-you-write-in-the-memo-field-deface-a-check/454476 "2008-07-01T16:27:30Z")
I got a parking ticket today and when I went to pay it the peson behind the counter got a police sergeant to look at it. He read my commentary of the community in the memo field and said they would not accept the check … --- ## [Lost 3.16: "One of Us"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-16-one-of-us/399652)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-3-16-one-of-us/399652 "2007-04-18T23:58:45Z")
Thread rules: The episode title is an interesting word play on the episode, in Season 2, when Ben/Henry Gale was introduced: “One of Them”. Will we get more of Juliet’s backstory? I have a sneaking suspicion that th… --- ## [Greensleeves/What Child is This?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greensleeves-what-child-is-this/407960)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greensleeves-what-child-is-this/407960 "2016-01-04T21:58:53Z")
Okay, give your opinion on this. I know this could go in IMHO too but it’s basically about a song tune so here it is. If a mod thinks it should be moved, I have no problem. But my roomate and I are arguing over this tun… --- ## [A bit of help here. I know that colleagues missus is cheating on him.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-of-help-here-i-know-that-colleagues-missus-is-cheating-on-him/670604)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-of-help-here-i-know-that-colleagues-missus-is-cheating-on-him/670604 "2013-11-29T16:05:35Z")
Well. There is a guy by the name of, lets call him C. C is married to a lady named W. I know C quite well. We are not exactly friends, but as young Advocates, we were often assigned cases together, and shared office spac… --- ## [Should you play dead if a bear is chasing you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-play-dead-if-a-bear-is-chasing-you/365648)
**Author:** [@Dead\_Pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Pete)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-play-dead-if-a-bear-is-chasing-you/365648 "2006-08-01T19:57:37Z")
I’ve heard that the best thing to do when a bear is chasing you is to lie down and play dead. I’ve also heard, however, that different types of bears (i.e., brown, grizzly, black, polar, etc.) require different strategi… --- ## [Why is G-d so cruel in the OT?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-g-d-so-cruel-in-the-ot/66102)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2001, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-g-d-so-cruel-in-the-ot/66102 "2001-07-03T19:18:03Z")
From Opus1: Perhaps you or someone else can give me a good explanation as to why God just seems like an evil prick to me. God destroys the entire Earth with a flood, including children, the mentally retarded, etc. Th… --- ## [Why are fantasy novels always set in a medieval European setting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-fantasy-novels-always-set-in-a-medieval-european-setting/691561)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-fantasy-novels-always-set-in-a-medieval-european-setting/691561 "2014-06-28T06:37:00Z")
This is something that I don’t really understand. As a fan of fantasy novels it seems that all the novels that I have read are stuck in a medieval European Fantasy setting. There are not that many fantasy works that have… --- ## [What Would Happen if We Eliminated Corp Tax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-eliminated-corp-tax/543887)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-eliminated-corp-tax/543887 "2010-07-05T04:19:14Z")
First, I am not a tea party, anti-tax sort. What would happen to tax revenue if we eliminated corporate taxes? At some point the money saved in taxes would be paid to individuals through income, disbursements, dividends,… --- ## [What kind of society....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-society/591443)
**Author:** [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-society/591443 "2011-08-11T18:36:41Z")
\[ul\] \[li\]Imprisons currently more people than any other country in history?\[/li\] \[li\]Accounts for 5% of the worlds population and 25% of the worlds prisoners?\[/li\] \[li\]Currently imprisons 1% of its entire population?\[… --- ## [What happens if your PO box is full?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-your-po-box-is-full/613022)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-your-po-box-is-full/613022 "2012-02-25T07:47:43Z")
PO boxes can be tiny. Where do they put the mail if it is full?! --- ## [Rhodes Will Not Fall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhodes-will-not-fall/744559)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhodes-will-not-fall/744559 "2021-05-21T12:02:18Z")
Has anyone here been following the controversy over the Oriel College, Oxford statute of Cecil Rhodes? The movement, Rhodes Must Fall, started in South Africa and got a statue removed there, and it seems to have moved B… --- ## [I am fed up with my sex drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-fed-up-with-my-sex-drive/627476)
**Author:** [@gvozd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gvozd)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-fed-up-with-my-sex-drive/627476 "2012-07-21T02:31:43Z")
It has been getting higher and higher for a few years. And nowadays I am so annoyed that it brought me to the point that I create a thread on the internet. Even after 5 minutes of masturbation I still have the desire to… --- ## [Douchbags in AA – EVERYONE isn’t a drunk just because you are!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/douchbags-in-aa-everyone-isn-t-a-drunk-just-because-you-are/649271)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/douchbags-in-aa-everyone-isn-t-a-drunk-just-because-you-are/649271 "2013-02-08T21:08:02Z")
AA is a valuable program, it has helped a lot of people, but so help me GOD if I run across one more asshole who just started AA and now thinks it’s their fucking duty to go around and tell everyone they know that if the… --- ## [SDMB Dynasty Fantasy Football League (recruiting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-dynasty-fantasy-football-league-recruiting/507086)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-dynasty-fantasy-football-league-recruiting/507086 "2009-09-10T03:50:24Z")
A dynasty fantasy football league is a league where players retain their roster from year to year, and the annual draft is only to acquire rookie players. Rosters are typically large, with a deep bench. You really get a… --- ## [Kinks a sgood as the beatles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-a-sgood-as-the-beatles/752613)
**Author:** [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-a-sgood-as-the-beatles/752613 "2017-11-09T19:36:41Z")
i thnk they are.what about you? --- ## [TV characters who are incompetent at their jobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-are-incompetent-at-their-jobs/505112)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-are-incompetent-at-their-jobs/505112 "2009-08-07T01:57:34Z")
In a thread I’m too lazy to link to, someone brought up JK Simmons, who played (and may still play) a psychiatrist on the original Law & Order. This thread isn’t about either that actor or that character, though, but ra… --- ## [Should I use my real name on Twitter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-use-my-real-name-on-twitter/649544)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-use-my-real-name-on-twitter/649544 "2013-02-14T14:58:57Z")
I’ve looked online: some folks say yes, then people can find you. Some say no, putting your name out there is bad. I figure I’m never going to be the internet mystery celebrity, so why not? --- ## [Impending US Civil War?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impending-us-civil-war/521169)
**Author:** [@dragoncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragoncat)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impending-us-civil-war/521169 "2009-12-18T20:39:40Z")
Hello all, a friend forwarded me some links to articles claiming that the government in the USA is building up and training its troops to quell domestic dissent that is expected in the next few months. this is one of th… --- ## [The Aesthetical Jesus, Part I](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aesthetical-jesus-part-i/496611)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aesthetical-jesus-part-i/496611 "2009-05-26T02:15:31Z")
THIS OP IS WITNESSING Aesthetics has been treated different ways by different philosophers. At least, by those who didn’t ignore the topic altogether. There has been everything from Ayn Rand’s literal interpretation of … --- ## [To Where Can Americans Emigrate Most Easily?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-where-can-americans-emigrate-most-easily/580078)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-where-can-americans-emigrate-most-easily/580078 "2011-05-03T03:13:02Z")
In this thread, the difficulty of an American simply up-and-moving to Canada is explained in some depth. Where could an American emigrate with the least amount of hassle from the country that would receive him/her? Assu… --- ## [Early bit parts by actors famous later.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-bit-parts-by-actors-famous-later/122434)
**Author:** [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2003, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-bit-parts-by-actors-famous-later/122434 "2003-01-11T07:24:19Z")
Watching The Graduate yesterday for the first time in years, I was struck to see two familiar faces in small bit parts. In the scene where Katharine Ross is in Hoffman’s boarding house room and he tells her the details … --- ## [My husband is in the hospital, too. Yay!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-is-in-the-hospital-too-yay/645808)
**Author:** [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-is-in-the-hospital-too-yay/645808 "2014-09-17T16:02:30Z")
On Friday, Mr. M was at work (deputy sheriff) and running code (lights and sirens) to a structure fire - apparently, there was a fear that there might be people/kids inside. Some moron decided, instead of moving over whe… --- ## [Minnesota wildlife is dangerous (MMP... the Sunday Evening Edition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-wildlife-is-dangerous-mmp-the-sunday-evening-edition/359435)
**Author:** [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Replies:** 478\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-wildlife-is-dangerous-mmp-the-sunday-evening-edition/359435 "2006-06-12T03:21:10Z")
I’m posting this really early because I won’t have time before work, and since tomorrow will only be my 5th day at my new job, I don’t think I should be taking time first thing Monday morning to post to the Dope. So it’… --- ## [Jogger Pushes Pedestrian into Bus Path. Whaaa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogger-pushes-pedestrian-into-bus-path-whaaa/793265)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jogger-pushes-pedestrian-into-bus-path-whaaa/793265 "2017-08-16T17:03:06Z")
See it here. WTF? What was this about? I don’t think he meant to throw her under the bus, since the bus was behind him and he may not have known it was there. But seriously, what the hell? He actually diverts a littl… --- ## [I'm glad to be back in the workforce, and...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-glad-to-be-back-in-the-workforce-and/634763)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-glad-to-be-back-in-the-workforce-and/634763 "2012-09-20T01:36:42Z")
…I know that the well has been poisoned against telemarketers, often because of the actions of some telemarketers. That makes a tough, but honest, job tougher for all of us. I come from outside this business and am wor… --- ## [Do private gun sellers have any liability if the purchaser uses the gun to commit a crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-private-gun-sellers-have-any-liability-if-the-purchaser-uses-the-gun-to-commit-a-crime/735465)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-private-gun-sellers-have-any-liability-if-the-purchaser-uses-the-gun-to-commit-a-crime/735465 "2015-11-10T21:03:48Z")
The GQ part of this is: do people selling or otherwise transferring ownership of a firearm to another individual currently bare any civil or criminal liability if the weapon is used in a crime? I am pretty sure that the… --- ## [Whatcha Readin' August 2010 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-august-2010-edition/548894)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-august-2010-edition/548894 "2010-08-31T12:35:01Z")
Wow, I’ve really slipped! I’m late, I’m late, to quote a certain rabbit. Here’s the newest thread, and my apologies. July’s thread --- ## [He's Back...\[George Zimmerman Arrested Again\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-back-george-zimmerman-arrested-again/674201)
**Author:** [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-back-george-zimmerman-arrested-again/674201 "2013-12-13T12:45:54Z")
George just can’t stay out the spotlight it seems. Zimmerman Arrested Again --- ## [Girls Week Out at the Beach: An MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Replies:** 482\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121 "2007-10-08T06:21:04Z")
A varied group of friends from around the country – well, around the continent, actually, since Margaret lives in Ontario – decided a few months ago to gather in Tillamook, Oregon, where one of our number lives, and is i… --- ## [Serious problem with my 21 year old son, his WOW addiction, and his lack of education](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-with-my-21-year-old-son-his-wow-addiction-and-his-lack-of-education/600377)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-problem-with-my-21-year-old-son-his-wow-addiction-and-his-lack-of-education/600377 "2011-10-28T22:16:35Z")
This will require some backstory so bear with me. I have a 21 year old son who does not live with me, although we are both in the same area. Over the past several years since about the sophomore year of high school he h… --- ## [Hogan's Heroes & Stalag 13](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hogans-heroes-stalag-13/634048)
**Author:** [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hogans-heroes-stalag-13/634048 "2012-09-11T18:38:40Z")
Okay so according to Colonel Klink, “There has never been a successful escape from Stalag 13.” If only he KNEW, right? BUT…I know something. At one point Ivan Dixon who played Sgt. Kinchloe left the show because he got… --- ## [Famous people you've seen in person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-youve-seen-in-person/490995)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-youve-seen-in-person/490995 "2009-04-04T21:03:19Z")
If you were close enough to see the person with the unaided human eye (I’m going to discount telescopes and binoculers here), share that fact with the rest of us! Here’s my list of celebrity sightings: Bill Clinton Jam… --- ## [American Capitalism at its finest (Hershey walkout)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-capitalism-at-its-finest-hershey-walkout/594727)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-capitalism-at-its-finest-hershey-walkout/594727 "2011-09-13T12:11:57Z")
Watch this video. Or read this article. WTF America? From the second link above: Wow Hershey! A WHOLE week off! A day of education? Really?? This is Third World shit. Near slave labor. Fuck you Hershey. You sh… --- ## [Utah county wants to split](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-county-wants-to-split/829292)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utah-county-wants-to-split/829292 "2019-02-23T21:37:42Z")
They have only 14k people in 8000 square miles. The white folks not happy that Navajos now run the county. --- ## [Your "grilled cheese for grownups" is a hamburger!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-grilled-cheese-for-grownups-is-a-hamburger/540663)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-grilled-cheese-for-grownups-is-a-hamburger/540663 "2010-06-01T04:41:49Z")
Assholes! The grilled cheese thickburger is, in fact a hamburger with cheese on it. It is not a fucking grilled cheese. I don’t care if you put it on some kind of bullshit bread instead of a bun; it is a hamburger! You… --- ## [BC/AD vs. BCE/CE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bc-ad-vs-bce-ce/668055)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bc-ad-vs-bce-ce/668055 "2013-09-13T14:35:13Z")
Nowadays it is increasingly popular to substitute the terms “Before Common Era” and “Common Era” instead of BC and AD due to the latter explicitly naming what the dating system is derived from-that is the birth of Christ… --- ## [Should I Host A Foreign Exchange Student?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-host-a-foreign-exchange-student/542547)
**Author:** [@Notchimine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Notchimine)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-host-a-foreign-exchange-student/542547 "2013-10-18T21:31:54Z")
I have been considering hosting a student for one semester in the fall or spring. I really don’t know anyone that has done this but I thought it might be a good experience for my family to learn about another culture by… --- ## [Would you say "two pair" or "two pairs"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-two-pair-or-two-pairs/541547)
**Author:** [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-two-pair-or-two-pairs/541547 "2010-06-04T23:58:13Z")
There have been a few regional dialect survey type threads on here lately, so now I would like to satisfy my curiosity about who says what where. I have always grown up saying “two pairs of socks” but I have recently en… --- ## [Catch 22, Doc Daneeka and the Newlyweds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-22-doc-daneeka-and-the-newlyweds/330023)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-22-doc-daneeka-and-the-newlyweds/330023 "2015-08-01T18:09:11Z")
In Catch 22, Doc Daneeka recalls this episode from his days as a general practitioner before being drafted \[I’ve cut some bits because they won’t make sense out of context and aren’t relevant\]: The anecdote tells like … --- ## [Did Laurel and Hardy or Abott and Costello hate each other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-laurel-and-hardy-or-abott-and-costello-hate-each-other/92854)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-laurel-and-hardy-or-abott-and-costello-hate-each-other/92854 "2015-04-18T20:47:35Z")
My dad has told me that both of these comedy pairs actually did not like one another very much, if at all. He has said it about both of them at separate times. Is it true and if so, for which one? Both? Neither? Thanks. … --- ## [This thread on Trans Ettiquette. What the fucking fuck.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-on-trans-ettiquette-what-the-fucking-fuck/790077)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-on-trans-ettiquette-what-the-fucking-fuck/790077 "2017-07-03T23:49:22Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829539 This thread has some weird ass shit. Like, really, really fucked up. Two posters spring out immediately. One is easy, the other is just… Wat. So let’s start w… --- ## [Things that used to be considered "high class" that are now tacky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-considered-high-class-that-are-now-tacky/739121)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-considered-high-class-that-are-now-tacky/739121 "2015-12-11T12:25:08Z")
The first thing that comes to mind for me is chocolate fountains… maybe they’ve always been gross and tacky, I guess that’s up for debate. But when I was a kid, it seemed like the height of luxury to have a chocolate fo… --- ## [Electricity generated by burning candles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricity-generated-by-burning-candles/574008)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electricity-generated-by-burning-candles/574008 "2011-03-11T08:15:53Z")
So I get this video sent to me that looks legit except for a couple lame spots. Guy puts a 10p nail into the base of a thick table candle. Does the same for a second one. Then, very lightly strokes a disc magnet again… --- ## [How did I rack up a huge data overage on my Android phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-rack-up-a-huge-data-overage-on-my-android-phone/576340)
**Author:** [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-rack-up-a-huge-data-overage-on-my-android-phone/576340 "2011-04-28T05:11:38Z")
OK, so I got a new smartphone in January, a Samsung Acclaim, through US Cellular. First smartphone, so I’m still learning the ins and outs. I’m not a heavy user, but I like being able to check e-mail away from home, go o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=366&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=368&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)