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**Author:** [@TwoCoasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCoasts)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-buildings-water-smell-like-marijuana/579250 "2014-03-17T19:59:26Z")
Some mornings when I turn on the shower, the water has a faint but distinctive odor. You might say it resembles peat, but let’s be frank: it smells like grass. No, not the kind you grow in the front lawn. My apartment is… --- ## [What causes consciousness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-consciousness/574467)
**Author:** [@donnie\_darko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donnie_darko)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-consciousness/574467 "2017-08-19T23:55:25Z")
It seems like the brain creates it, but how? How can inanimate material create something like consciousness? If it indeed can, there is nothing stopping us from building artificial intelligence, right? It is clear that … --- ## [When did people start having first AND last names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-people-start-having-first-and-last-names/626543)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2012, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-people-start-having-first-and-last-names/626543 "2012-07-06T08:12:32Z")
When did the convention of people having a two part name originate? (At least in the West) --- ## ["No refusal" DUI checkpoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-refusal-dui-checkpoint/565999)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-refusal-dui-checkpoint/565999 "2011-01-07T01:20:30Z")
Several states are instituting “no refusal” DUI checkpoints this holiday season. The general approach seems to be having a judge available at the site, and if a driver refuses the breath test, the police can immediately … --- ## [Hyperloop: Elon Musk's revolutionary transportation concept](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperloop-elon-musks-revolutionary-transportation-concept/664701)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperloop-elon-musks-revolutionary-transportation-concept/664701 "2013-10-02T12:49:20Z")
Wunderkind Elon Musk, creator of Tesla Motors and Space X, has, for the last few months, been teasing about a concept he calls “hyperloop”, a revolutionary means of transportation that could travel from LA to San Francis… --- ## [Places you've been. . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-youve-been/839879)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-youve-been/839879 "2019-10-12T15:10:23Z")
. . .that you are fairly certain nobody else on this board (or very few) have been. I saw this video today about Electric Lady recording studio in Greenwich Village. For anyone unfamiliar, this is the studio that Jimmy … --- ## [Articles of wearing apparel always associated with one creative work/person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/articles-of-wearing-apparel-always-associated-with-one-creative-work-person/542531 "2010-06-16T13:25:20Z")
One spangled white glove–Michael Jakcson Too tight black gloves–O J Simpson Glass slippers–Cinderella Ruby red slippers–Dorothy in Wizard of Oz Red shirt–Star Trek --- ## ["Mondegreens" where you are utterly convinced that you are right, and the rest of the world is crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mondegreens-where-you-are-utterly-convinced-that-you-are-right-and-the-rest-of-the-world-is-crazy/641672)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mondegreens-where-you-are-utterly-convinced-that-you-are-right-and-the-rest-of-the-world-is-crazy/641672 "2012-11-28T01:56:28Z")
Flip side of this thread from a year ago. If curious about what might be the “correct” lyrics from a song, you can always roll the dice on Google and consult the zillions of lyrics sites out there and see how they have … --- ## [BYU player booted from team for having sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/byu-player-booted-from-team-for-having-sex/573309)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/byu-player-booted-from-team-for-having-sex/573309 "2011-03-06T21:19:23Z")
What a conundrum. We have a Top 5 ranked basketball team with, arguably, the best player in the country. We have a very good chance at winning the National Championship, and from a Mid-Major conference no less! But o… --- ## [How much of an impact could Taylor Swift have on the 2024 election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-an-impact-could-taylor-swift-have-on-the-2024-election/988758)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 324\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-an-impact-could-taylor-swift-have-on-the-2024-election/988758 "2024-09-17T00:09:28Z")
It’s not hard to argue that she has the world by the tail right now, and I’d like to think that if she continues her meteoric popularity (especially among the age range of kids whose parents are shelling out big bucks to… --- ## [Actors portraying multiple superheroes/comic characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-portraying-multiple-superheroes-comic-characters/682117 "2014-07-15T18:04:15Z")
Sorry, the title might be a bit confusing: what I mean is, actors who have portrayed different comic/superhero characters in different films (as opposed to, say, Hugh Jackman reprising the Wolverine role in multiple film… --- ## [Should abortion be legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-abortion-be-legal/539828)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-abortion-be-legal/539828 "2010-06-03T10:35:40Z")
I was a little disappointed that this thread explicitly disallowed debate on the issue of whether abortion should be legal. So, this thread is for any and all discussion on that big issue. Oh, and I guess whether aborti… --- ## [Stupidest thing you ever did to yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-thing-you-ever-did-to-yourself/486531)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-thing-you-ever-did-to-yourself/486531 "2011-01-22T20:14:25Z")
I’m not very experienced in the kitchen, but once in my bachelor days I tried making hamburgers or something that built up a lot of hot grease in the pan. Just after I turned the burner off, I figured it would be a good … --- ## [No Income Tax? What Would Happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-income-tax-what-would-happen/621095)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-income-tax-what-would-happen/621095 "2012-05-09T17:09:35Z")
What would happen if, somehow, the income tax was suddenly and deliberately abolished? A whole lot of chaos, to be sure, but would it collapse the US economy? Would it bring business and industry back into the US? I’m n… --- ## [Do lesbians enjoy penetration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-lesbians-enjoy-penetration/391005)
**Author:** [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-lesbians-enjoy-penetration/391005 "2011-03-31T23:23:02Z")
I recently talked to a lesbian friend, and she said that she enjoys manual and oral stimulation, but if she wanted penetration, she would have stayed straight. Is this common? I know the porn films are generally not ac… --- ## [What do you say to someone who wants to know why they were turned down for a date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-say-to-someone-who-wants-to-know-why-they-were-turned-down-for-a-date/577451)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-say-to-someone-who-wants-to-know-why-they-were-turned-down-for-a-date/577451 "2011-04-13T06:23:10Z")
Lets say someone asks you out and you don’t want to date this person. You turn them down, but instead of dropping the issue this person wants to know why you’re turning them down. The real reason is something that would … --- ## [God's omniscience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gods-omniscience/601295)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gods-omniscience/601295 "2011-11-16T13:42:11Z")
If you don’t believe in God, don’t bother to post here. Thank you. An Episcopal priest I know has a new book out. One of the issues he tackles is God’s omniscience. We talked about it at some length this morning duri… --- ## [If I can only see out of one eye, will the 3-D movie "Avatar" look weird to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-can-only-see-out-of-one-eye-will-the-3-d-movie-avatar-look-weird-to-me/521705)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-can-only-see-out-of-one-eye-will-the-3-d-movie-avatar-look-weird-to-me/521705 "2010-01-03T15:12:38Z")
Cosmetically my left eye looks fine, but due to a childhood accident I’m missing the lens in that eye so I’m technically a monocular person. Will the new 3-D Avatar movie look messed up if I don’t have binocular vision? --- ## [Why do sweet foods make my scalp tingle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-sweet-foods-make-my-scalp-tingle/636908)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-sweet-foods-make-my-scalp-tingle/636908 "2017-11-30T19:12:51Z")
I’ve just eaten a couple of triple chocolate cookies. These things are really sweet, and. as often happens when i eat something very sweet, they made my scalp tingle, almost as if my hair was standing up on end. The feel… --- ## [Does the fact that so many people believe in God mean anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-fact-that-so-many-people-believe-in-god-mean-anything/653177)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-fact-that-so-many-people-believe-in-god-mean-anything/653177 "2013-03-21T10:20:09Z")
Let me start by saying I’ve always thought of myself as an Agnostic. I don’t follow any religion but despite all the reading I’ve done, and knowing full well I have no evidence to back it up, I’ve always believed I have … --- ## [Breaking Bad 4.02 "Thirty-Eight Snub" 7/24](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-02-thirty-eight-snub-7-24/590212)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-02-thirty-eight-snub-7-24/590212 "2011-07-28T22:08:23Z")
Open spoilers about discussion of this episode. We’re left with Walt back to working in the superlab. Walt is convinced that Gus still intends to kill them, but Jesse seems to think that maybe Gus has them sufficiently … --- ## [POCK-ih-stan or PACK-ih-stan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pock-ih-stan-or-pack-ih-stan/538863)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pock-ih-stan-or-pack-ih-stan/538863 "2010-05-16T18:41:03Z")
For most of my life it seems that I’ve heard it pronounced PACK-ih-stan, but recently I’ve been hearing POCK-ih-stan a lot in the media. Obama says it that way, among others. Is this a recent change, or have there alwa… --- ## [Time Machine Grocery List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215 "2017-02-06T19:53:14Z")
I’m sure others have started threads on this same topic before, but I wasn’t there at the time; though I could be if I got my wish, and then this thread would vanish as if it never had been. If I had a time machine, I w… --- ## [Please fight my ignorance: "Borderline Personality Disorder"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-fight-my-ignorance-borderline-personality-disorder/783755)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-fight-my-ignorance-borderline-personality-disorder/783755 "2018-08-15T15:58:46Z")
I am legitimately a bit flummoxed by what this disorder is supposed to be. That is perhaps because it’s terribly named: “Borderline Personality Disorder” doesn’t really tell you a lot about what the disorder is. Anyway… --- ## [Here is a pic of me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-pic-of-me/694597)
**Author:** [@TogoFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TogoFan)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-is-a-pic-of-me/694597 "2014-08-03T16:46:40Z")
Here is a pic of me wearing my eyeglasses. http://i.imgur.com/0X3xMSI.jpg --- ## [Anyone ever get stiffed by an ATM machine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-get-stiffed-by-an-atm-machine/656717)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-get-stiffed-by-an-atm-machine/656717 "2015-04-22T03:07:30Z")
Previously my only experience with this was years ago when using an ATM of my home bank, it shortchanged me $20 on a withdrawal. An ATM balance inquiry showed that the problem just corrected itself electronically the nex… --- ## [Lenient attitudes towards Sheen: WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lenient-attitudes-towards-sheen-wtf/572599)
**Author:** [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lenient-attitudes-towards-sheen-wtf/572599 "2011-03-01T14:49:02Z")
I was hanging out with a close guy friend last week and while we were watching news about Sheen’s latest exploits on the radio, I was kind of taken aback by the “Why don’t they leave ole Charlie alone!” attitude my frien… --- ## [Why is it so difficult to buy carbonated water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-difficult-to-buy-carbonated-water/451788)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-so-difficult-to-buy-carbonated-water/451788 "2012-12-04T01:37:36Z")
Why is it so difficult to buy carbonated water? My entire household likes it and we want to buy about 20 to 30 liters a week, and for years I’ve been buying Canada Dry brand “Seltzer” at a local liquor store. But Canada … --- ## [Women - would you date an obese man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-date-an-obese-man/683725)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-date-an-obese-man/683725 "2014-03-23T23:47:53Z")
Well, would you? I’m not talking just a little pot belly, but upwards of 300lbs / \>60 BMI. --- ## [How to compliment an intelligent person on his/her looks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-compliment-an-intelligent-person-on-his-her-looks/559312)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-compliment-an-intelligent-person-on-his-her-looks/559312 "2010-11-05T23:34:58Z")
First, the disclaimer: I’ve been married for \>20 years and am totally out of sync with (the current style in) pickup lines. But this thread got me thinking I’m not turned on by bimbos, no matter hot good they look. I ab… --- ## [Is it unethical/illegal to burn Blockbuster dvds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unethical-illegal-to-burn-blockbuster-dvds/351116)
**Author:** [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unethical-illegal-to-burn-blockbuster-dvds/351116 "2006-05-15T04:06:41Z")
It’s my understanding that the legality of copying movies ambigious at best, but is it unethical to do so? Does it matter if you own the movies, or if you rent them? --- ## [Iron Chef comes to SDMB (cooks come!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-comes-to-sdmb-cooks-come/48167)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-comes-to-sdmb-cooks-come/48167 "2001-02-24T00:55:25Z")
::bites into yellow pepper:: If my memory serves, there are a great many chefs here on the SDMB. As you know, I am a billionaire who’s motivation to build Kitchen Stadium was to encourage a forum where I might discover … --- ## [Need advice: Should I tell my brother's girlfriend he's cheating on her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-should-i-tell-my-brothers-girlfriend-hes-cheating-on-her/594701)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-should-i-tell-my-brothers-girlfriend-hes-cheating-on-her/594701 "2011-09-01T22:39:57Z")
Many of you may remember my brother as being the “stand up” guy from this thread. Anyway, he’s got another rotten habit: Constantly stringing dozens of girls along at the same time. At any given moment he’s dating 3 or … --- ## [Best story in Stephen King's Skeleton Crew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-story-in-stephen-kings-skeleton-crew/553793)
**Author:** [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-story-in-stephen-kings-skeleton-crew/553793 "2012-10-26T06:30:47Z")
If we do Night Shift, we need to do Skeleton Crew, too. Which one do you like best and why? Here’s a linkto wiki with links to a short summary of each story if your memory needs a jog. --- ## [I eat pasta without sauce. Is this weird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-eat-pasta-without-sauce-is-this-weird/658968 "2013-05-24T14:30:48Z")
I eat pasta without sauce. I usually eat it plain, though with spaghetti, I like to put lots of grated Parmesan cheese on it. Does anyone else do this? (I’m a very picky eater, by the way.) (Not sure if this belongs in… --- ## ["Artists" corporations thought would be the Next Big Thing so they were pushed relentlessly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-corporations-thought-would-be-the-next-big-thing-so-they-were-pushed-relentlessly/708699)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-corporations-thought-would-be-the-next-big-thing-so-they-were-pushed-relentlessly/708699 "2015-01-08T20:37:42Z")
The other day we were watching The Danny Thomas Show and one of the guests was an Italian girl named Piccola Pupa, who was Danny’s protege at the time. I remember her as being everywhere when I was ten and he and her pu… --- ## [The origin of the name Nickelodeon (the TV network)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-the-name-nickelodeon-the-tv-network/676885)
**Author:** [@tvguy1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tvguy1979)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-the-name-nickelodeon-the-tv-network/676885 "2013-12-26T23:20:01Z")
If you grew up watching the kids TV channel Nickelodeon regularly, you may have had this question: What is a nickelodeon? How did they get the name Nickelodeon for a children’s channel? This comes from several early Nick… --- ## [Really hot girls who work at really crappy jobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-hot-girls-who-work-at-really-crappy-jobs/630658)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-hot-girls-who-work-at-really-crappy-jobs/630658 "2012-08-09T04:48:10Z")
Every time I see a really hot girl working a very low paying job like a janitor or burger-flipper, I wonder how did they get there. Hot women are a privileged group to a degree. When you are very attractive people are m… --- ## [Equality of opportunity does not lead to equality of results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equality-of-opportunity-does-not-lead-to-equality-of-results/845088)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equality-of-opportunity-does-not-lead-to-equality-of-results/845088 "2020-01-12T05:36:39Z")
We have a good discussion ongoing in the “Will Trump win in 2020?” thread, which, while vigorous and valuable, completely derails that thread, so I wanted to try to redirect it here instead: Conservatives often accuse l… --- ## [The most frightening TV show - ever -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frightening-tv-show-ever/421194)
**Author:** [@nipplesup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nipplesup)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2007, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frightening-tv-show-ever/421194 "2007-10-05T08:57:51Z")
For me it was an Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode- aired in the 60s An Unlocked Window the one where a nurse goes to an old house to care for a sick patient and, naturally it was a dark and stormy night and there… --- ## [Unrequited Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love/712874)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love/712874 "2015-05-06T22:37:33Z")
This is going to sound horribly creepy, but I don’t have any other place to say this. But I have to say it. I’ve been here since 2003, so I hope at least some of you sort of know me, and won’t judge me too harshly. – I… --- ## [Leaping into the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaping-into-the-mmp/747486)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaping-into-the-mmp/747486 "2016-03-07T13:10:29Z")
My sleep schedule was all screwed up thiese past few days. Early to work on Friday, stayed up late for the film festival. Early on Saturday to work, only half a day though, then movies until nearly 11:00PM. I skipped … --- ## [Person of Interest: Shaw - Yea or Nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-of-interest-shaw-yea-or-nay/672046)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-of-interest-shaw-yea-or-nay/672046 "2013-11-23T05:07:30Z")
For those of you who watch Person of Interest, do you care much for the new character, Shaw? I really don’t. To be perfectly blunt, she’s just too annoying to be likeable at all. Given her personality and her tendency… --- ## [How much longer does the fax machine have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-does-the-fax-machine-have/663968)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-does-the-fax-machine-have/663968 "2013-07-27T17:18:59Z")
India just stopped its telegram service after more than 160 years. I’m praying the fax machine doesn’t take as long to die. The rate of technological change is accelerating, and the younger generation doesn’t fax, they s… --- ## [Is it normal for businesses to give free stuff to police officers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-for-businesses-to-give-free-stuff-to-police-officers/541654)
**Author:** [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-for-businesses-to-give-free-stuff-to-police-officers/541654 "2010-06-07T15:33:11Z")
I was in a 7-11 the other day and a police officers was in line ahead of me. I’d like to say he was getting doughnuts but in reality it was a Big Gulp and candy bar. When the time came to pay up, the salesperson did a … --- ## [Why can't Yoda use proper grammar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-yoda-use-proper-grammar/591454)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-yoda-use-proper-grammar/591454 "2011-08-17T18:59:49Z")
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away there was a republic, which became an empire, which was then overthrown by revolution. Somehow a documentary of these events has made it here, with the galactic standard language… --- ## [Mechanisms in books you hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechanisms-in-books-you-hate/629239)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechanisms-in-books-you-hate/629239 "2012-08-14T20:44:46Z")
Note: This thread is solely for books. Maybe we can start one for TV or movies, but I’d like to keep this one just for books in any format. One of the things that always, always makes me want to throw a book out the win… --- ## [South Park: 10/13/10: "It's a Jersey Thing" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-13-10-its-a-jersey-thing-open-spoilers/557081)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-10-13-10-its-a-jersey-thing-open-spoilers/557081 "2010-10-18T14:49:03Z")
So what the hell is “muff cabbage” anyway? I thought this one was pretty good. I liked Kyle’s mom going Jersey, and the Teen Wolf nod. I also liked Kyle going off on Cartman. I think I might have appreciated it more if … --- ## [Where can I find a conservative leaning message board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-conservative-leaning-message-board/639396 "2013-02-21T19:15:14Z")
It’s been said more than once than the Dope is very liberal, it certainly is. Where can I find a good message board that happens to lean conservative? --- ## [Hypothetical: The Electoral College overturns election, says Clinton won](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-the-electoral-college-overturns-election-says-clinton-won/772973)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-the-electoral-college-overturns-election-says-clinton-won/772973 "2016-12-13T21:26:23Z")
Let’s skip over the arguments of what is or isn’t probable-this is a hypothetical situation. Enough of the Electoral College, for various reasons, has switched votes and the results are in: Hillary Clinton wins. What … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=383&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=385&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)