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**Author:** [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-me-attractive/646368 "2013-01-08T13:04:06Z")
I am curious what people’s reactions would be in this scenario. You have a first date with a guy you met online on Friday. It went well. Good conversation, good energy, no jaw-dropping revelations that bring about disap… --- ## [Pet peeve: "The wife"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-the-wife/714826)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-the-wife/714826 "2015-03-19T17:53:55Z")
Example - “The wife and I went shopping today.” Bugs the hell out of me, and I hear it all the time. --- ## [Help me get out of Jury Duty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-out-of-jury-duty/421565)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-out-of-jury-duty/421565 "2007-10-30T03:34:14Z")
First, I don’t want to hear about bullshit about “civic duty” and the like. I KNOW I’d make a really shitty juror-I’m far too opinionated, and more likely to make my decision based on how I feel about the two attourneys… --- ## [Cafe Society peeves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-peeves/532930)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-peeves/532930 "2010-03-24T03:44:54Z")
Here are some things that irk me about/in Cafe Society. Obviously none of these are all that major and earth shattering, because how could they possibly be?, but sometimes one just wants to rant: -No one cares that you’… --- ## [Features in video games that you've never understood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/features-in-video-games-that-youve-never-understood/559538)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/features-in-video-games-that-youve-never-understood/559538 "2011-02-16T03:09:30Z")
Occasionally one will be playing a video game and your PC will encounter something that is unusual enough that the game creators had to have put it there deliberately- but to what effect you have no idea. Either they’re … --- ## [Summarize the worst romance novel you've read (spoilers, mockery)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-the-worst-romance-novel-youve-read-spoilers-mockery/452396)
**Author:** [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-the-worst-romance-novel-youve-read-spoilers-mockery/452396 "2008-06-15T20:43:16Z")
“The Heir,” by Catherine Coulter, is the worst romance novel I’ve ever read. And read the whole thing out of sheer lack of anything else new to read. Fellow Dopers, admit to reading romance sometimes, and weigh in with … --- ## [It's the Feds turn for a whack at Terri Schiavo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-feds-turn-for-a-whack-at-terri-schiavo/295015)
**Author:** [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-feds-turn-for-a-whack-at-terri-schiavo/295015 "2005-03-23T18:08:12Z")
The AP Story Basically, the US house of representatives has passed a bill designed to keep Terri Schiavo on the feeding tube. The bill requires that cases such as hers, where someone in a vegetative state didn’t leave … --- ## [Reagan fans: what did Reagan do that you admire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reagan-fans-what-did-reagan-do-that-you-admire/578890)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reagan-fans-what-did-reagan-do-that-you-admire/578890 "2011-04-27T17:17:25Z")
I’ve read a couple of recent posts in which the writers said they consider Ronald Reagan to be one of our greatest Presidents. I think there are others feel the same way. So my question is what exactly to you base that o… --- ## [How do you round numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-round-numbers/516440)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-round-numbers/516440 "2009-11-15T01:32:47Z")
My wife was having a discussion with her manager yesterday about how they should be recording their lab measurements. One piece of equipment is really only accurate to 2 decimal places, even though they sometimes get rea… --- ## [Evolution question - asian eye skin flap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-question-asian-eye-skin-flap/676405)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-question-asian-eye-skin-flap/676405 "2013-12-18T15:38:12Z")
Just wondering about this… Asian people have unique-looking eyes, and as I understand it, one of the reasons (and maybe the only reason, I don’t know) that there is an extra fold of skin in the eye-lid, giving the eye i… --- ## [Funny names (Rated R, maybe even X)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-names-rated-r-maybe-even-x/121968)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-names-rated-r-maybe-even-x/121968 "2002-08-06T00:02:00Z")
Ben Dover Harry Paratestes Howie Feltersnatch Haywood Jablomie Willie Getter Harry Timbercrank Bumpy Johnson Pat McCrotch Phil McCracken I know about 10 others but I can’t think of any right now. Someone make me… --- ## [When is racial diversity important?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-racial-diversity-important/687457)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-racial-diversity-important/687457 "2014-05-19T11:06:04Z")
The recent debates about affirmative action have brought up this topic. For those who defend affirmative action, the most common argument is that it’s important to have racial diversity for its own sake. In Michigan, f… --- ## [Tell me about life without a thyroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-life-without-a-thyroid/600075)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-life-without-a-thyroid/600075 "2013-08-04T01:32:29Z")
I have cysts/nodules/thingys in my thyroid. The surgeon I saw today said there’s nothing in my needle biopsies to indicate cancer but they might come up cancerous one day and if I want I can have it removed right now. :… --- ## [Disney characters in theme parks - which ones can and can't talk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-characters-in-theme-parks-which-ones-can-and-cant-talk/505221)
**Author:** [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-characters-in-theme-parks-which-ones-can-and-cant-talk/505221 "2009-08-15T05:08:48Z")
I was under the impression that in their theme parks, the costumed Disney characters weren’t allowed to speak. For example, that guy inside the Minnie Mouse costume might actually have a deep gravely voice and a thick B… --- ## [Video Killed the Radio Star... but which star(s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-killed-the-radio-star-but-which-star-s/591279)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-killed-the-radio-star-but-which-star-s/591279 "2020-10-13T03:09:33Z")
Since the 30th anniversary of MTV is upon us, the question of “What was the first video played on MTV” now loses its cachet (sp?) as a bar trivia question, with the answer being, of course, The Buggles Video Killed The R… --- ## [Why is Murder Illegal in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-murder-illegal-in-the-us/647781)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-murder-illegal-in-the-us/647781 "2022-07-19T04:55:59Z")
Why is murder illegal in the US? I mean, if someone has the gall to murder someone, surely a few paragraphs of text won’t stop that someone from harming another person, right? :dubious: What’s a law going to do to some… --- ## [Why do married couples get tax breaks? Why tax credits for children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-married-couples-get-tax-breaks-why-tax-credits-for-children/642171)
**Author:** [@MDKSquared](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MDKSquared)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-married-couples-get-tax-breaks-why-tax-credits-for-children/642171 "2015-07-30T06:53:55Z")
I got into a debate with my girlfriend’s uncle the other day, and he is anti-gay marriage. His focus was mostly on the economic side of things, claiming that since they do not procreate, they should not receive tax benef… --- ## [Getting a check deposited on my behalf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-check-deposited-on-my-behalf/616659)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-check-deposited-on-my-behalf/616659 "2012-03-24T22:17:16Z")
Hi everyone, I have a quick question. As some of you may know, I work offshore, and I am currently at the beginning of a 4 week long hitch. A check came in for me at my house that I would like to get deposited into my pe… --- ## [getting out of jury duty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-out-of-jury-duty/494023)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-out-of-jury-duty/494023 "2009-05-01T01:29:24Z")
Has anyone ever tried saying during selection, “Man, I’d be great for this jury because I can tell just by LOOKING at someone if they’re a crook.” (or some variation of this?) How’d that work out? lol --- ## [My first GD question, and yes, it's a religious one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-gd-question-and-yes-its-a-religious-one/131929)
**Author:** [@Merrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merrin)\ **Replies:** 285\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-gd-question-and-yes-its-a-religious-one/131929 "2002-11-05T22:34:28Z")
Now this may have been answered before, but I did a quick search and it’s kinda difficult to word the search correctly so I’ll post it anyway. My understanding of Christianity is limited and based mainly on various slig… --- ## [Baseball May 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-may-2009/494963)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-may-2009/494963 "2009-06-01T04:18:34Z")
And… the Cards keep their hold on the best record in baseball. There’s no such thing as an ugly win in my book. They looked like they were going to lose to the Nationals last night before a 5-run ninth inning. And the… --- ## [Why are Terminators built to be anatomically correct? (Silly answers preferred but not required.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-terminators-built-to-be-anatomically-correct-silly-answers-preferred-but-not-required/709159 "2015-01-19T02:29:41Z")
Recently I saw a few minutes from Terminator 3 or 4 (whichever one had Claire Dames in it). I didn’t watch long because I didn’t care enough, but something did puzzle me. In the seen where the Arnold Terminator walks nak… --- ## [Do we have to write in American English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-to-write-in-american-english/542258)
**Author:** [@nicole1912](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicole1912)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-to-write-in-american-english/542258 "2010-06-12T17:42:42Z")
This is going to sound a bit whiney, I suspect - I don’t mean it to. But something about Spectre of Pithecanthropus’s moderating in this thread rubbed me the wrong way: I didn’t see a problem with Happy Poster’s use of… --- ## [Japanese Whaling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-whaling/750051)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-whaling/750051 "2016-04-02T11:48:47Z")
I just saw this news item about a recent whale hunt : http://news.yahoo.com/japan-fleet-returns-antarctic-whale-hunt-024729619.html Is there nothing that can be done to stop this? It just seems ridiculous that Japan fe… --- ## [Bill O'Reilly's pre-Superbowl interview with President Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreillys-pre-superbowl-interview-with-president-obama/570541)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreillys-pre-superbowl-interview-with-president-obama/570541 "2011-02-14T05:11:30Z")
Did anybody see this. Fox News demagogue and iconic hot head Bill O’Reilly tried to interview the President before the game yesterday. O’Reilly did not make himself look good in the exchange. He cut Obama off numerous ti… --- ## [Why are humans so much weaker than primates of comparable size?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-humans-so-much-weaker-than-primates-of-comparable-size/518269)
**Author:** [@constantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constantine)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-humans-so-much-weaker-than-primates-of-comparable-size/518269 "2009-11-21T07:24:27Z")
Why are humans pound for pound so much weaker than Gorillas, Orangutans and Chimpanzees. I understand that an adult male chimpanzee likely weighs around 200 pounds, but also that an average adult male chimpanzee is massi… --- ## [Most shameful guilty pleasure you've ever had](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameful-guilty-pleasure-youve-ever-had/512850 "2009-10-13T03:55:41Z")
And no, stuff like “I watch Sex and the City/Grey’s Anatomy/chick flicks” doesn’t count. I’m talking SHAMEFUL, guys, not slightly embarrassing. I’ll pretty much win (or lose) this thread. I know this. When I was twelve … --- ## [Children's books with odd 'messages'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-books-with-odd-messages/635261)
**Author:** [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-books-with-odd-messages/635261 "2012-09-26T14:25:11Z")
I was just reading the thread about “The Giving Tree” (which I actually have never read), and started thinking about other children’s books with messages that seem a little strange. One that comes to mind for me is “Goo… --- ## [Finally, a Candidate I Can Get Behind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-candidate-i-can-get-behind/746955)
**Author:** [@Einstein\_was\_a\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einstein_was_a_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-candidate-i-can-get-behind/746955 "2016-02-25T01:25:04Z")
For the most part, for the last 7 presidential elections I have held my nose and ticked the box next to the presidential candidate that I have felt was closest to the kind of person I wanted to see leading this country. … --- ## [Why is South Africa melting down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-south-africa-melting-down/819548)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-south-africa-melting-down/819548 "2018-08-29T05:57:30Z")
One of the YouTubers I follow is from South Africa. While his channel isn’t about South Africa, and he’s moved away, he often will comment about how the country is melting down. I did a bit of digging and found out tha… --- ## [Why is there anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-anything/543095)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-anything/543095 "2010-06-27T23:14:01Z")
As a lifetime non-believer in religion, I have to admit I am forced into at least Deism by the mere existence of the universe. One look at this picture: http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2010-13-a-xlarge\_web.… --- ## [You are not freaking E.E. Cummings. English usage exists for a REASON, damn it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-not-freaking-e-e-cummings-english-usage-exists-for-a-reason-damn-it/463899)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-not-freaking-e-e-cummings-english-usage-exists-for-a-reason-damn-it/463899 "2008-09-21T22:16:34Z")
And that reason is to help the writer communicate his or her thesis. thread currently running in Great Debates has aroused this bit of ire. I’m reluctant to link to it, because it is not my intent to start a pile-on on… --- ## [How did Snagglepuss become gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-snagglepuss-become-gay/507432)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-snagglepuss-become-gay/507432 "2011-06-23T19:00:49Z")
Oddly his wiki entrymakes virtually no mention of Snagglepusses widely acknowledged adoption by the gay community as one of their own. He is a pink lion created in 1959 whose voice mannerisms are about as fey and arch a… --- ## [Longest lasting rock band?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-rock-band/549661)
**Author:** [@Any\_Other\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Any_Other_Name)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-rock-band/549661 "2010-12-30T19:27:33Z")
Not sure whether to post in GQ or Cafe Society. Hell, maybe MPSIMS? While the question might have an answer, I’m more interested in the opinions of the Dope, so I decided on IMHO, although the mods can obviously move thi… --- ## [simple poll: Is ivan astikov full of sh\*t?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-poll-is-ivan-astikov-full-of-sh-t/542553)
**Author:** [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-poll-is-ivan-astikov-full-of-sh-t/542553 "2010-06-14T19:05:27Z")
I’ve been enjoying the wacky true believerism and train-wreck logic that ivan astikov has displayed in this thread (in which his beliefs in alien visitations to earth, and consequent government conspiracies, are the peri… --- ## [What to use for "Just Married" window paint?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-use-for-just-married-window-paint/414675)
**Author:** [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-use-for-just-married-window-paint/414675 "2007-08-07T17:02:58Z")
How do you write on car windows, a la “Just Married” or whatever? Is there a special paint? --- ## [Am I a good and decent person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-good-and-decent-person/497191)
**Author:** [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-good-and-decent-person/497191 "2009-05-26T14:33:58Z")
BrainGlutton doesn’t think so. Quite frankly, I feel badly that he feels that way. I’m no saint, by any means, but I’ve tried to do what I think is right in this world. I pay my taxes. I give to charity. I try to t… --- ## [Christian Militias. Just what we need...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-militias-just-what-we-need/534239)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-militias-just-what-we-need/534239 "2010-04-08T04:29:06Z")
As if we didn’t have enough problems with al Qaeda, now we get the “Hutaree”, which sound like something out of a weird Star Trek episode. Yeah, let’s kill police and make way for the Second Coming (or whatever). Accor… --- ## [Is Dewalt THE top tier brand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dewalt-the-top-tier-brand/745671)
**Author:** [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dewalt-the-top-tier-brand/745671 "2016-02-15T22:33:11Z")
I work in construction and obviously I see a lot of different contractors. Years ago, I noticed most construction guys had a lot of Milwaukee brand tools and quickly everyone switched to Dewalt brand. I rarely see anythi… --- ## [Why are sluts so hated and reviled by other women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-sluts-so-hated-and-reviled-by-other-women/210621)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-sluts-so-hated-and-reviled-by-other-women/210621 "2013-05-16T19:15:57Z")
Seems the most harm (if any) so called sluts do is to themselves. Why are “easy girls” so hated and reviled by other women? --- ## [Can you laminate bacon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031)
**Author:** [@descendingsnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descendingsnow)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031 "2010-10-22T03:22:02Z")
My friend and i are debating about what would happen if you were to try and laminate a slice of bacon. would it rot as normal or become immortal? It’s a stupid question, but we gotta know. --- ## [So I Just Got Molested By A Family Member](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-got-molested-by-a-family-member/550532)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-got-molested-by-a-family-member/550532 "2010-08-31T23:41:33Z")
Ew. I have to put my car in the shop, and so yesterday I went to borrow my aunt’s car, since she and her husband will not be using it for the next little while. My aunt is out of town, so I met her husband yesterday mo… --- ## [I hate the Simpsons.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-simpsons/458206)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-simpsons/458206 "2008-08-06T17:25:57Z")
I hate the Simpsons. I never watched it as a kid, which immediately puts me in a tiny minority of American twentysomethings, most of whom grew up with the show. I’ve seen maybe five episodes of it in my entire life. For … --- ## [Doctor Who. Rule #1: The Doctor lies. Other rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-rule-1-the-doctor-lies-other-rules/594402)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-rule-1-the-doctor-lies-other-rules/594402 "2013-11-22T20:58:35Z")
Just finished watching Doctor Who: Let’s Kill Hitler. (Outstanding episode, I thought, but that’s not what I’m here to talk about.) Near the end of the episode The Doctor spouts a few numbered rules. I didn’t catch al… --- ## [Kentucky teen and Confederate flag prom dress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-teen-and-confederate-flag-prom-dress/281231)
**Author:** [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-teen-and-confederate-flag-prom-dress/281231 "2004-12-30T18:19:23Z")
Please, have at this. I just found this and don’t have much time for commentary. But initial thoughts are: Since when is entrance to a High School gym a First Amendment right? Sounds like she couldn’t pay tuition. … --- ## [Ron Paul Wants RonPaul.com so badly he's going to the UN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-paul-wants-ronpaul-com-so-badly-hes-going-to-the-un/649854)
**Author:** [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-paul-wants-ronpaul-com-so-badly-hes-going-to-the-un/649854 "2013-02-16T01:35:27Z")
I think Ron Paul is an early contender for the Chutzpah of the Year Award. Ron Paul apparently just realized that he’d never secured either RonPaul.com or RonPaul.org and he’s now trying to wrest away control of those d… --- ## [I Think DrChuckie Needs His Very Own Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-drchuckie-needs-his-very-own-thread/163204)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 285\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-drchuckie-needs-his-very-own-thread/163204 "2003-06-26T00:13:37Z")
Over here, in a thread mostly populated by well-spoken gays (and friends of gays) and intelligent Christians, one DrChuckie appeared, like a villain in a melodrama, from under the floorboards to spew some of the vilest h… --- ## [What did Science Fiction writers miss completly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-science-fiction-writers-miss-completly/439918)
**Author:** [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-science-fiction-writers-miss-completly/439918 "2010-10-15T23:02:46Z")
Off the top of my head, none predicted cell phones and the internet. Most focused on rocket cars and video phones. Look at Jules Verne, he wrote about the traveling under the sea and around the globe, and that happened… --- ## [The Schmidt Sting Pain Index: what's your level?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-schmidt-sting-pain-index-whats-your-level/550432)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-schmidt-sting-pain-index-whats-your-level/550432 "2010-08-17T16:59:24Z")
Scientist and professional masochist Justin Schmidt has had himself deliberately stung by a wide range of insects in order to rank the severity of the pain so induced. The result is the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. The sc… --- ## [Soccer players - the biggest babies on the planet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-players-the-biggest-babies-on-the-planet/543854)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-players-the-biggest-babies-on-the-planet/543854 "2010-06-24T14:38:17Z")
One of the reasons watching soccer frustrates me is that every hit results in a flop on the ground that looks like the player was shot with a high-powered rifle from the stands. Do they have a flop rule in soccer? Do t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=415&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=417&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)