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**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 1108\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377 "2026-11-10T22:25:52Z")
This thread is to discuss the results of today’s midterm elections as they are announced and things related to it like turnout, polling and what’s happening at polling places. This is not for political debates about the … --- ## [What is a plot or genre you hate for personal reasons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-plot-or-genre-you-hate-for-personal-reasons/716988 "2015-04-10T14:50:36Z")
I think for me it is dysfunctional or abusive families, I get this is a popular trope most recently seen on the show Empire, but I can’t stand to watch this due to getting my fill of this situation in real. --- ## [Why is a mouse when it spins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-mouse-when-it-spins/600884 "2012-11-23T09:52:02Z")
I want to know! --- ## [Delay: "Judges shouldn't use the Internet--that's outrageous!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delay-judges-shouldnt-use-the-internet-thats-outrageous/300222)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2005, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delay-judges-shouldnt-use-the-internet-thats-outrageous/300222 "2005-06-03T10:37:20Z")
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/20/delay.judges.ap/index.html Ummm…what? Has DeLay completely lost it, or is there some valid reason why I should be outraged that Kennedy uses the Internet? Daniel --- ## [Potassium VS gout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potassium-vs-gout/491836)
**Author:** [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potassium-vs-gout/491836 "2013-04-27T01:16:26Z")
First the DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor. I don’t even play one on TV. Nothing in this post constitutes medical advice. You should consult your doctor before trying any sort of home remedy. Next the WARNING: While p… --- ## [Please don't call it...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-call-it/666883)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-dont-call-it/666883 "2013-08-27T22:46:37Z")
In another thread, Strainger asked that Orange County not be called ‘The OC’. I agree. It’s just ‘OC’. I’ve heard that San Francisco natives don’t like people calling their city ‘Frisco’. In that vein… Please don’t … --- ## [Why Chain Restaurants Exist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chain-restaurants-exist/616541)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2012, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-chain-restaurants-exist/616541 "2012-03-25T08:25:20Z")
Today in Little Rock, Arkansas I decided to go to a mom & pop restaurant that came highly recommended. After checking out their menu online I was encouraged by the fact that their menu had a limited number of items and … --- ## [Who gives a shit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gives-a-shit/591879 "2011-08-19T03:25:58Z")
Alot of people around here really seem to give a shit. I don’t. If you do specify. If I did I guess it would be ape shit. --- ## [Whatcha Readin' Jan 2011 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-jan-2011-edition/565932)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-jan-2011-edition/565932 "2011-02-01T18:24:44Z")
A wish of a happy and joyful new year - and some great new reads! Just finished Jim Butcher’s Side Jobs a collection of short stories from Butcher’s Dresden Universe. Based on something I had read on the dope, I had fe… --- ## [So What's for Dinner Tonight? (2020 Anything Goes Edition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 485\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-tonight-2020-anything-goes-edition/923037 "2021-01-20T19:40:02Z")
Tonight I’m having some chicken thighs roasted with plums, onions, baby potatoes, and chopped carrots, based on a NYTimes double-deep-paywalled recipe which is easily found at other websites by googling. I wasn’t wild ab… --- ## [Were any Japanese generals of WWII held in high regard by their foes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-japanese-generals-of-wwii-held-in-high-regard-by-their-foes/532406)
**Author:** [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-japanese-generals-of-wwii-held-in-high-regard-by-their-foes/532406 "2016-03-29T12:38:04Z")
Were any of their army commanders as well regarded as Rommel, Guderian, or Kesselring? Their navy seems to have had all the star power. --- ## [Botticelli - September 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 451\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-september-2019/839600 "2019-10-08T14:16:46Z")
I am M! Link to August 2019 thread. --- ## [What is give away that some one has southern US accent ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-give-away-that-some-one-has-southern-us-accent/640542)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-give-away-that-some-one-has-southern-us-accent/640542 "2012-12-13T17:09:47Z")
What is give away that some one has southern US accent ? What I read on the internet is the vowel sounds and the letter R is main giveway. Anyone know here? Also anyone know of any movies , TV shows or good US presiden… --- ## [What would you buy a 12 year old girl for Christmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-a-12-year-old-girl-for-christmas/217244)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-a-12-year-old-girl-for-christmas/217244 "2003-12-09T00:44:34Z")
I’m fresh out of gift ideas for this kid of mine. She’s right in that stage between being a kid and being a teenager, and I need a “Santa” gift. (Yeah, she knows, but her brother doesn’t.) I’m trying to think of somet… --- ## [On Feminism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-feminism/721023)
**Author:** [@MorphinePoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MorphinePoet)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-feminism/721023 "2015-06-05T14:12:59Z")
I find it sexist of women to appreciate and praise successful women just because they’re women. I find it sexist when the host of an international business forum says “I am happy and proud to be the host to the first bus… --- ## [Foreign place names in English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-place-names-in-english/545999)
**Author:** [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-place-names-in-english/545999 "2010-07-12T04:06:00Z")
In certain circles, pronouncing “Iraq” as Eye-RACK will get you written off as an unsophisticated rube. But the same people who scoff at that have no compunction about rhyming “France” with “dance.” Anyone unironically u… --- ## [These toons are making me looney! or Old pop culture references in WB cartoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-toons-are-making-me-looney-or-old-pop-culture-references-in-wb-cartoons/139057)
**Author:** [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-toons-are-making-me-looney-or-old-pop-culture-references-in-wb-cartoons/139057 "2003-03-04T13:35:51Z")
I like to watch old Warner Brothers cartoons from the '40s and '50s, but I’m always finding myself confounded by some kind of pop culture reference that made the original audience cracks up and leaves me thinking “What t… --- ## [Films Which Have The Opposite Effect On You To That Which The Makers Intended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-which-have-the-opposite-effect-on-you-to-that-which-the-makers-intended/459594)
**Author:** [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2008, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-which-have-the-opposite-effect-on-you-to-that-which-the-makers-intended/459594 "2008-08-25T12:40:54Z")
What films elicit from you precisely the opposite reaction to that which the makers were shooting for? For me, it’s movies in which a “lovable” workshy loser takes on a challenge out of selfish short-term interest, and e… --- ## [Could a human level intelligence species evolve in the oceans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-human-level-intelligence-species-evolve-in-the-oceans/681754)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2014, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-human-level-intelligence-species-evolve-in-the-oceans/681754 "2014-02-23T11:02:13Z")
I know dolphins are pretty intelligent as far as other animals go. But even they are a far cry from human level intelligence. Do you think there are any limiting factors that would prevent human level intellectual evolu… --- ## [How to remove sap/pitch stains from car exterior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-sap-pitch-stains-from-car-exterior/630914)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-sap-pitch-stains-from-car-exterior/630914 "2012-08-11T14:28:05Z")
Hello everyone! So, I just got home from being offshore for 28 days, and found my car covered… completely inundated with tree pitch and debris from a pecan tree we have in our driveway. This came as a complete surprise … --- ## [Could any "confirmed bachelor" be elected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-any-confirmed-bachelor-be-elected/721531)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-any-confirmed-bachelor-be-elected/721531 "2015-06-16T21:58:10Z")
Inspired by the candidacy of Lindsay Graham, who certainly has other problems. But, in this day and age, could a never married guy win, even if all the other stars were properly aligned? There have, of course, been sub… --- ## [Can you eat steak raw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-eat-steak-raw/60834)
**Author:** [@McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2001, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-eat-steak-raw/60834 "2001-04-05T18:02:50Z")
I was round a friends house the other day and I saw him take a steak out from the packet, chuck it in a saucepan and fry it for about 30 seconds each side before chucking it onto a plate and eating it. When I asked him i… --- ## [US Military: when you enlist, do you get to choose your division?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-when-you-enlist-do-you-get-to-choose-your-division/672994)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-when-you-enlist-do-you-get-to-choose-your-division/672994 "2013-11-06T22:11:00Z")
I know next to nothing about the military, the US’s included. So, apologies in advance for what will probably be considered to be very facile questions by those of you familiar with such things. In any case, in the US, … --- ## [Qin Shi Huangdi - please, stop demonstrating your woeful ignorance about the real world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690)
**Author:** [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-please-stop-demonstrating-your-woeful-ignorance-about-the-real-world/614690 "2012-03-12T03:01:32Z")
Qin - once, just once, why don’t you actually have a clue about the ridiculous things you come out with? I know it would risk you not winning the annual Doper “Blindest morality-to-post ratio” award but I think it’d be b… --- ## [How would you deal with this management situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-deal-with-this-management-situation/620737)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-deal-with-this-management-situation/620737 "2012-05-09T16:47:34Z")
I work for a small startupy sort of tech company. Our particular branch office has a very loose and almost juvenille culture. Most of the employees are in their early to mid 20s. The dress code is ultra-casual, even b… --- ## [Stupidest recent moment in television](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-recent-moment-in-television/648271)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-recent-moment-in-television/648271 "2013-01-31T05:55:47Z")
Just watched a CSI episode from a week or so ago. They find some pages written in Gregg shorthand. Do they go to a secretarial college? Do they ask around to find a secretary in her fifties or sixties? Nope. They ge… --- ## [OK Boomer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-boomer/843162)
**Author:** [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-boomer/843162 "2019-11-14T20:54:43Z")
Sooner! I’m not the only one who thinks like this, am I? --- ## [Explain the allure of hiring a prostitute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-allure-of-hiring-a-prostitute/614795)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-allure-of-hiring-a-prostitute/614795 "2012-03-09T00:14:59Z")
Ok first of all I am not religious and have no moral issue with prostitution, I don’t believe its disgusting or anything like that, in fact I think prostitution should be legalized and fast. However I just can’t underst… --- ## [High speed rail ... how well will it fly?//Obama unveils high-speed rail plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-speed-rail-how-well-will-it-fly-obama-unveils-high-speed-rail-plan/493347)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-speed-rail-how-well-will-it-fly-obama-unveils-high-speed-rail-plan/493347 "2009-04-24T12:41:09Z")
Back in December I had taken LaHood’s nomination to be a sign that Well now comes this. So yeah it does seem like LaHood did mean that. But will it happen and how well will it be used? --- ## [The Rise of Virtual Reality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rise-of-virtual-reality/679376)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rise-of-virtual-reality/679376 "2016-04-02T20:50:24Z")
Are these next couple of years the first tentative steps in making the promise of VR, something pretty much everyone has thought about since there were video games, a reality? Valve seems to think so. They say a consume… --- ## [Can You Open Your Mouth Underwater?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-open-your-mouth-underwater/320140)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-open-your-mouth-underwater/320140 "2005-09-08T13:48:20Z")
I saw a IMAX film about the threatened life of the reefs of the Pacific. They showed various fish which share a symbiotic relationship, such as some shrimp-like critter that feeds on the good stuck to the teeth of a lar… --- ## [Which Party Has the Mobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-has-the-mobs/823828 "2018-11-10T03:47:16Z")
The Republicans, obviously. Just got tired of seeing this argument (I won’t call it a debate) spill into other threads ever since the “Democrats Produce Mobs, Republicans Produce Jobs” thread was closed. Figured I’d op… --- ## [Truth is stranger than fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-is-stranger-than-fiction/457286)
**Author:** [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-is-stranger-than-fiction/457286 "2008-07-28T17:47:29Z")
I was watching the movie In America over the weekend (fantastic movie), and there’s a part near the end that’s based on something that actually happened to the director’s family. What are some true stories you’ve heard… --- ## [What would happen if someone without AD/HD takes Ritalin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-someone-without-ad-hd-takes-ritalin/185052)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-someone-without-ad-hd-takes-ritalin/185052 "2003-07-03T21:06:36Z")
Would there be a difference in the effects? Would it ‘help’ the non AD/HD person focus on a task? Also many people with AD/HD have reported something along the lines of a vail being removed from their vision and being … --- ## [Auf Wiedersehen To Kim Jong-Il](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auf-wiedersehen-to-kim-jong-il/606712)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auf-wiedersehen-to-kim-jong-il/606712 "2011-12-20T18:59:37Z")
Kim Jong-Il’s the only dictator today who can compared to Pol Pot or Stalin-he let a milllion of his citizens starve to death while spending money on nuclear weapons and his luxuries. This fiend was just as much an enemy… --- ## [New Chick Tract: Mean Momma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract-mean-momma/599672)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-chick-tract-mean-momma/599672 "2011-11-17T04:31:23Z")
Submitted for your approval: Yahweh kills (or arranges for the death of) three children to spite a sociopathic mother–who, it is implied, is rewarded for ruining their lives with eternal salvation. This may not be as ba… --- ## [The US going 100% metric - do we all have to die? Plus: weird measurements around the world!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-going-100-metric-do-we-all-have-to-die-plus-weird-measurements-around-the-world/569666)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-going-100-metric-do-we-all-have-to-die-plus-weird-measurements-around-the-world/569666 "2011-02-04T19:53:36Z")
The Metric System: Are young Americans more comfortable with metric measures than earlier generations? While metric is common in food products, we’re still imperial in most of the ways that actual matter in our day to … --- ## [Career politicians vs. "citizen legislators"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-politicians-vs-citizen-legislators/530613)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-politicians-vs-citizen-legislators/530613 "2010-03-15T22:38:09Z")
This thread was getting hijacked (my fault as much as Oakminster’s), so I thought I’d break out the hijack into a separate one. Oakminster says the very existence of such things as “career politicians” is regrettable an… --- ## [Hey! I'm workin' here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-workin-here/346081)
**Author:** [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-im-workin-here/346081 "2006-03-13T19:39:18Z")
What? Did you think I was just taking in the sights? Me and my 80,000 pound truck? Or maybe you think I just didn’t have anything better to do today than to get in your way? You there, in the Mercedes! Did you see the s… --- ## [Women: Do you enjoy the thought/sight of men having sex with men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-enjoy-the-thought-sight-of-men-having-sex-with-men/193807)
**Author:** [@nisosbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nisosbar)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-enjoy-the-thought-sight-of-men-having-sex-with-men/193807 "2015-07-28T04:36:30Z")
I had a girlfriend in Chicago who LOVED watching pornos in which the guys had sex with other guys, and she also loved gay men! If you are a woman, do you ever fantasize about men having sex with men, or do you enjoy see… --- ## [3.5 year old perfectly potty trained during day - but poops at night!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-5-year-old-perfectly-potty-trained-during-day-but-poops-at-night/491765)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-5-year-old-perfectly-potty-trained-during-day-but-poops-at-night/491765 "2009-04-04T16:18:51Z")
Ah, what to do? The Small One never has an accident during the day. But that’s easy, because she drops all her deuces at night. That makes training her out of it a bit of a pickle; I can’t put her on the toilet in ant… --- ## [Mandatory vaccination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandatory-vaccination/946494)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandatory-vaccination/946494 "2021-11-30T14:00:28Z")
Do you think it’s coming? Do you think it’s necessary? “Angela Merkel says no plans for mandatory vaccines in Germany” She probably needs votes for anti-vax people for the elections in September '21. France makes vac… --- ## [Another Brandon Teena . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-brandon-teena/132878)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-brandon-teena/132878 "2002-11-01T06:26:06Z")
NEWARK, Calif. (AP) - The killing of a 17-year-old boy who dressed as a girl was being investigated Friday as a possible hate crime by police who say they were led to his shallow grave by one of four young men arrested o… --- ## [Has the NSA ever gotten anyone arrested for just a google search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-nsa-ever-gotten-anyone-arrested-for-just-a-google-search/684195)
**Author:** [@Slippery\_Sid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slippery_Sid)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-nsa-ever-gotten-anyone-arrested-for-just-a-google-search/684195 "2014-03-25T07:47:29Z")
I like the idea of the NSA and other things like that. If there were security cameras in every corner of every street in a city, most people would be rioting and going “WAHHH I WANT MY PRIVACY THIS VIOLATES THE 4TH AMEND… --- ## [You're on the Jedi Council. Make 'em less stupid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-the-jedi-council-make-em-less-stupid/551793)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-the-jedi-council-make-em-less-stupid/551793 "2010-09-03T14:43:53Z")
Here’s the mandatory silly setup: The usual magic kerfluffle whisks you out of your comfortable chair and into a certain well-known cinematic fantasy universe. Unfortunately, unlike in the Star Trek universe, nobody kno… --- ## ["Tank for Tua" OR The 0-16 NFL Season Thread (2019 ed.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-for-tua-or-the-0-16-nfl-season-thread-2019-ed/840066)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tank-for-tua-or-the-0-16-nfl-season-thread-2019-ed/840066 "2020-01-07T01:43:24Z")
Come one, come all, welcome to the thread where we celebrate the losingest losers in the NFL. Which team can match the epic ineptitude of the 1976 Buccaneers and 2008 Lions? Who will fire the coach and GM to, ultimately,… --- ## [Why do African Americans support the Democrats- the party of slavery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-african-americans-support-the-democrats-the-party-of-slavery/668393)
**Author:** [@Doggo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doggo)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-african-americans-support-the-democrats-the-party-of-slavery/668393 "2013-09-14T05:04:15Z")
Just watched the film Lincoln. Given that the Democrats really, really wanted to keep slavery, what happened since that African Americans now vote for them in such large numbers? --- ## [Best Bass Line in a Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bass-line-in-a-song/753099)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bass-line-in-a-song/753099 "2017-04-10T07:08:28Z")
This is purely an opinion thread, obviously. The one criteria I’m setting is that the bass line is easily heard in the song. No songs that require you to turn down the other instruments in order to hear a cool bass lin… --- ## [Juror confuses role of jury with that of private investigator; faces contempt charges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juror-confuses-role-of-jury-with-that-of-private-investigator-faces-contempt-charges/568567)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juror-confuses-role-of-jury-with-that-of-private-investigator-faces-contempt-charges/568567 "2011-01-30T03:58:19Z")
From time to time, we’ve had discussions here about the role of jurors, with some posters expressing the views that jurors should be able to bring their own factual infomration to the jury room to decide the case: iPhon… --- ## [Were the any ways in which "the olden days" were better than today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-any-ways-in-which-the-olden-days-were-better-than-today/832947)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-any-ways-in-which-the-olden-days-were-better-than-today/832947 "2019-05-30T14:26:16Z")
It’s often said that some Trump voters want a return to the 1950s, and then it’s pointed out that the 1950s weren’t actually a good time - there was segregation, more racism, more sexism, less environmental protection, e… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=422&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=424&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)