# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=440&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:** 441 --- ## [Misconceptions people have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-people-have/574844)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misconceptions-people-have/574844 "2011-03-21T05:29:45Z")
Many things we take at face value, but looking beneath the surface there is more to it. My example: People commenting on homeless people having cell phones. Pre- paid cell phones are pretty affordable. Having a cell pho… --- ## [Do women enjoy anal sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-anal-sex/391146 "2007-02-08T20:16:31Z")
And if so, how? I once read in Garry Jennings’ The Journeyer (historical novel about Marco Polo) that a man can enjoy being buggered because his partner’s penis stimulates his prostate gland – which women lack. OTOH, a… --- ## [Cruise to Nowhere Prostitution..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-to-nowhere-prostitution/536487)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-to-nowhere-prostitution/536487 "2010-04-19T19:44:53Z")
A favorite among coastal states is the “Cruise to Nowhere” gambling where a ship will take people offshore, outside of the three mile state waters and then open up the slot machines, table games, sports books, and other … --- ## [Why can't we laminate our Social Security Cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-laminate-our-social-security-cards/238434)
**Author:** [@smootman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smootman)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-laminate-our-social-security-cards/238434 "2004-04-06T21:21:29Z")
The back of mine says : Do not laminate this card. So, why? --- ## [Why does Kristin Stewart always look so uncomfortable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kristin-stewart-always-look-so-uncomfortable/566578 "2011-01-10T04:01:51Z")
I’m not a bit Kristin Stewart fan and I’ve never seen any of the Twilight movies, but she’s cute and she’s on TV a lot. Tonight, she was on The People’s Choice Awards, several times, including receiving a couple of awar… --- ## [Arnett: We had to destroy the village in order to save it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnett-we-had-to-destroy-the-village-in-order-to-save-it/165553)
**Author:** [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnett-we-had-to-destroy-the-village-in-order-to-save-it/165553 "2003-10-07T00:13:03Z")
Correct me if I’m wrong. (Oh, please, please.) I believe that, during the Vietnam War, Peter Arnett was the journalist who quoted a U.S. soldier saying something like, “We had to destroy the village in order to save it.… --- ## [Strangest assumptions people have made about you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706)
**Author:** [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2012, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-assumptions-people-have-made-about-you/620706 "2012-05-19T07:34:46Z")
I once had a supervisor in a food service job come up to me during my shift and say “Hey, you seem like the kind of guy who would know this. What color would a person turn if you steamed them to death?” A couple years … --- ## [Are there safe places in the usa to survive the end of the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-safe-places-in-the-usa-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/643301)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-safe-places-in-the-usa-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/643301 "2012-12-22T19:18:37Z")
Here in France, there’s a village (Bugarath) currently crowded by people who hope to survive the end of the world on december 21, since for some reason a mountain situated there will supposedly be safe. Are there simila… --- ## [I could have beaten Trump, says Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-have-beaten-trump-says-obama/775669)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-have-beaten-trump-says-obama/775669 "2017-01-05T02:03:04Z")
Story I think he’s right and as a supporter of the Republicans I’m relieved that he couldn’t run against Trump. But my first thought upon seeing this story was, does he really have to stick it to Hillary when she’s dow… --- ## [Is this mod behavior acceptable \[editing titles with bias\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-mod-behavior-acceptable-editing-titles-with-bias/547332)
**Author:** [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-mod-behavior-acceptable-editing-titles-with-bias/547332 "2010-07-26T10:43:29Z")
In this thread \*\*tomndebb \*\*edits the thread title Catholics thinking of ordaining women adding \[Title is not topic. Topic is “RCC=evil”. Ed.\] This after two mods had already commented on the thread. I also note that \*… --- ## [I keep hearing ads play, in Spanish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-hearing-ads-play-in-spanish/605901 "2012-10-23T15:14:05Z")
Not whenever I’m on the SDMB, just at what appear to be random intervals. But the ads stop when I (1) close the SDMB or (2) jump to a different forum, as just now. Anybody else getting this? --- ## [The Great SDMB Winter 2014 Postcard Exchange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322 "2014-04-23T03:43:08Z")
Northern Piper and melodyharmonius have run them in the past, and they’re always fun. But it’s been awhile, so I’ve decided to kick off the New Year with one. Here’s how it works (as adapted from NP’s previous thread): … --- ## [NFL Week 13](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/604734)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-13/604734 "2011-12-05T17:32:57Z")
Thursday PHI @ SEA Sunday early TEN @ BUF KC @ CHI ATL @ HOU OAK @ MIA DEN @ MIN IND @ NE (sure it will be as epic as always - actually, wouldn’t it be awesome if this was the one game the colts won?) CIN @ PIT … --- ## [Why does an electric guitar need a body at all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-an-electric-guitar-need-a-body-at-all/586837)
**Author:** [@BDoors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BDoors)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-an-electric-guitar-need-a-body-at-all/586837 "2011-06-28T14:51:51Z")
An acoustic guitar makes its sounds by the energy transferring from the strings, via the bridge\* to the soundboard. The soundboard vibrates and that’s what you hear. The air in the acoustic box provides resonance, helpin… --- ## [Have you ever had a visitation or sign from a deceased person? (After they were deceased, that is.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-visitation-or-sign-from-a-deceased-person-after-they-were-deceased-that-is/543433)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-visitation-or-sign-from-a-deceased-person-after-they-were-deceased-that-is/543433 "2010-06-19T14:00:38Z")
An actual visitation where you saw them? Or some seemingly clear sign from them? Or the standard: lights flickering, finding pennies in impossible places? My example: When my husband was in the ICU during the last 10 d… --- ## [What was so controversial about The Brown Bunny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-so-controversial-about-the-brown-bunny/529548)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2010, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-so-controversial-about-the-brown-bunny/529548 "2010-02-21T10:33:02Z")
I’ve never seen the film but have seen it’s title bounced around here often enough that I read through the wiki article on it. Is the entire controversy the fact that they showed a real bj on film? That’s it? Have the… --- ## [Doctor tells Obama voters to get lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-tells-obama-voters-to-get-lost/534776)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-tells-obama-voters-to-get-lost/534776 "2010-04-07T15:06:43Z")
This has already been brought up in at least one other thread, but I felt it deserves its own. Jack Cassell, M.D., a urologist in Mount Dora, Florida (nice town, kind of out in the sticks, and extremely red) posted a sig… --- ## [What Do You Like That You're Not Supposed To?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-that-youre-not-supposed-to/855649)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-that-youre-not-supposed-to/855649 "2020-10-26T21:06:12Z")
I love fake maple syrups like Log Cabin and Mrs. Butterworth and dislike the real stuff. I love Subway, especially the steak and cheese sub and with double meat and extra cheese. I swear it was created with me in mind. … --- ## [Are there any truly unique snacks/candy/chocolates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-unique-snacks-candy-chocolates/641288 "2012-11-23T22:23:24Z")
The Twinkie extinction got me thinking: there are hardly any unique snacks. Maybe because if a food is popular, other companies will copy it. So for M&Ms there are Smarties. For Crunchie there’s Violet Crumble. For Corne… --- ## [Ambivalid: I know a crackhead, so I'm professor of crackology now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554)
**Author:** [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554 "2012-05-04T12:50:18Z")
Ambivalid is so annoying and obstinately ignorant in this thread that I figured I’d bring it straight to the pit before I got another one of those mod notes for calling a moron a moron. Hey guys did you know that crac… --- ## [Recommend intelligent, thought provoking films please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-intelligent-thought-provoking-films-please/576903)
**Author:** [@MattProle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattProle)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-intelligent-thought-provoking-films-please/576903 "2011-06-02T22:19:32Z")
Please state what you believe are the most interesting and thought provoking films that you’ve had the pleasure to view. I have unexpectedly received an extra week off from work, so I need something to fill these upcomin… --- ## [Is this freedom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-freedom/279447)
**Author:** [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-freedom/279447 "2004-12-20T21:15:38Z")
This rant is directed to Americans, specifically Americans who support Bush. I just don’t get it. I really don’t. You talk about freedom as a political argument in itself, as the most important thing, as the foundation … --- ## [If you could have sex with one celebrity who would it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-sex-with-one-celebrity-who-would-it-be/172239)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-have-sex-with-one-celebrity-who-would-it-be/172239 "2003-09-09T01:46:18Z")
I’m definitely going to have to go with Ashley Judd. --- ## [Ask the Seminary Student](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-seminary-student/343825)
**Author:** [@Mines\_Mystique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mines_Mystique)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2006, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-seminary-student/343825 "2006-02-21T12:29:08Z")
As the title says, I am a first-year Seminary student at Denver Seminary. I will answer questions to the best of my ability, but be aware that I probably won’t have all the answers to questions that might come up. For … --- ## [The Three Greatest TV Theme Songs Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-greatest-tv-theme-songs-ever/756970)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-greatest-tv-theme-songs-ever/756970 "2016-06-20T22:52:27Z")
The Six Million Dollar Man The Night Stalker Starsky and Hutch --- ## [How many sex partners is too many?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sex-partners-is-too-many/684172)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sex-partners-is-too-many/684172 "2014-03-23T17:58:44Z")
I was thinking about a few TV shows where someone mentions their ‘number’, as in the number of people they’ve slept with. Jackie on Roseanne says 60 and that’s supposed to be shockingly high. Someone added up the numbe… --- ## [What does it feel like to get blown up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-feel-like-to-get-blown-up/279354)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-feel-like-to-get-blown-up/279354 "2014-03-02T19:52:06Z")
I’m familar with the sorts of physical destruction that knives and other penetrating instruments can deliver, and I’ve been shot with paint balls and sling shots and BB guns, so I can imagine (conceptually at least) what… --- ## [Indicators that you can probably delete someone from your friend list on Facebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indicators-that-you-can-probably-delete-someone-from-your-friend-list-on-facebook/543839)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indicators-that-you-can-probably-delete-someone-from-your-friend-list-on-facebook/543839 "2010-06-30T18:53:18Z")
I recently had a baby and posted the announcement and pictures for a couple of days after. Probably 20% of my “friends” who are active FBers never commented, liked or acknowledged the birth in any way. I’m thinking thi… --- ## [Why Don't Rear Windows In Some Cars Not Roll Down All The Way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-rear-windows-in-some-cars-not-roll-down-all-the-way/458409)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-rear-windows-in-some-cars-not-roll-down-all-the-way/458409 "2008-08-01T16:15:27Z")
I realize that on some four doors the rear windows will only roll down halfway or a little more than that, likely for child safety reasons. However, I im in a rental car right now while mine’s getting fixed, a Dodge Cal… --- ## [Citizenship question (born on a US Army Base)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizenship-question-born-on-a-us-army-base/111165)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citizenship-question-born-on-a-us-army-base/111165 "2014-08-09T02:16:26Z")
I was born on an American army base in Germany when my dad was stationed there. The land I was born on was part of the Army base, and I think, therefore technically American land, but I’m not sure. For the purposes of, … --- ## [Just ate peanut butter with an expiration date of 2003. What will happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-ate-peanut-butter-with-an-expiration-date-of-2003-what-will-happen/535937)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-ate-peanut-butter-with-an-expiration-date-of-2003-what-will-happen/535937 "2010-04-16T07:04:42Z")
That’ll teach me to sneak a bite of someone’s peanut butter out of the company’s fridge. I’m working overtime and am starving, and found a jar of peanut butter in the work fridge. It smelled OK, but the taste was just a … --- ## [Star Wars The Acolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-the-acolyte/999056)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-the-acolyte/999056 "2024-09-10T22:05:46Z")
Trailer for the new series --- ## [Pipeweed is NOT "weed" in LOTR!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipeweed-is-not-weed-in-lotr/219700)
**Author:** [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2014, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pipeweed-is-not-weed-in-lotr/219700 "2014-02-27T10:04:27Z")
I am somewhat irritated by the snickering implication in the movie and from the audiences that the “pipeweed” in the Lord of the Rings is something other than tobacco. Tolkien makes it quite clear that pipeweed is tobac… --- ## [Bridge-gate Trial: FINALLY](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-gate-trial-finally/766601)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-gate-trial-finally/766601 "2020-05-09T23:05:14Z")
It looks like, years later, its finally in a courtroom. Cites: So… is Christie Guilty? Not Guilty? Do you think there will be any surprises? If Chris Christie is impeached (and technically that is possibl… --- ## [Inconvenient For Gore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconvenient-for-gore/393953)
**Author:** [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2007, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconvenient-for-gore/393953 "2007-03-09T06:59:04Z")
According to CNN, Gore’s energy bill for his home last year was $30,000. Twenty times the national average. (No link yet.) Is he a hypocrite? Does this undercut the effect of his movie? --- ## [Have You Ever Boycotted Products/Stores You Really LIKED?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-boycotted-products-stores-you-really-liked/630304)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-boycotted-products-stores-you-really-liked/630304 "2012-08-18T01:59:37Z")
Up front, I acknowledge that all of us have a right to spend our money as we see fit. If liberals want to boycott hummus from Israel, or Chik-Fil-A sandwiches, or anything else, fine! If conservatives want to boycott D… --- ## [An open apology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-apology/166414)
**Author:** [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-apology/166414 "2003-04-09T04:40:38Z")
Since the thread I’m apologizing for was closed by the Administrators, I’m posting what I have to say here. Before I start, I will not respond to further insults or attacks against me or my wife. I am, however, open to d… --- ## [Do all moving charges create a magnetic field?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-moving-charges-create-a-magnetic-field/621223)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-moving-charges-create-a-magnetic-field/621223 "2012-07-11T02:56:50Z")
From what I sort of understand, a moving charge produces a magnetic field. So when electrons move through a wire, that motion produces a magnetic field. But is that true for all charges? Would moving protons, anti-ele… --- ## [Do women wear pads and tampons all the time, or only during menstruation, or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-wear-pads-and-tampons-all-the-time-or-only-during-menstruation-or-what/946996)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-wear-pads-and-tampons-all-the-time-or-only-during-menstruation-or-what/946996 "2021-09-26T22:41:13Z")
As a guy who lives with his mother who hasn’t had her ovaries in many years, there are things about menstruation that I’m not privy to, to put it mildly. I’m ignorant about these things, and I don’t wanna be. Does ever… --- ## [Commercials that make you want to change the channel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-make-you-want-to-change-the-channel/471841)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-make-you-want-to-change-the-channel/471841 "2009-05-14T20:43:01Z")
We’re not just talking about bad ads, but those that make you jump for the remote and find something else to watch. My nomination: the really depressing one showing puppies at animal shelters, with Sarah McLachlan in th… --- ## [Greer gets death threats and kicked out of his church.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greer-gets-death-threats-and-kicked-out-of-his-church/296409)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greer-gets-death-threats-and-kicked-out-of-his-church/296409 "2005-04-01T02:37:19Z")
Yep…good “christian” behavior. Defend this christians. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050326/ap\_on\_re\_us/brain\_damaged\_woman\_judge\_1 --- ## [What's the most useless chemical element?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-useless-chemical-element/573677)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-useless-chemical-element/573677 "2011-09-09T00:34:37Z")
Apart from those that have only appeared in a lab for a few seconds what element is the most useless, having no notable biological industrial or societal function? --- ## [What happened to lemon flavored Coke & Pepsi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-lemon-flavored-coke-pepsi/571906)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-lemon-flavored-coke-pepsi/571906 "2015-04-11T00:06:10Z")
I live the northeastern US (NY State) and I can buy all the weird flavors of them (Cherry, Vanilla, Lime etc.) but not lemon. This used to be the only flavored version of Pepsi, and IMO its the least ‘weird’ flavor and I… --- ## [What makes something "low" or "high class?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-something-low-or-high-class/551736)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-something-low-or-high-class/551736 "2010-09-05T19:37:52Z")
I read the book “Class” by Paul Fussell. A question. Supposing you try to invite someone to a bar; they say, no that place is ‘low class’. What exactly makes it ‘low class’? Or other things, ‘high class’? Of course, I u… --- ## [Why the sudden explosion of anti-immigrant sentiment in the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-sudden-explosion-of-anti-immigrant-sentiment-in-the-usa/693369)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2014, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-sudden-explosion-of-anti-immigrant-sentiment-in-the-usa/693369 "2014-07-26T05:44:17Z")
This is technically just a question but it’ll become a debate so I might as well start it here. But I am not sure where the debate will go because I don’t know the answer to the question. In recent months the U.S. medi… --- ## [For no good reason, I"m doing three minutes of open mic stand up in about a month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-no-good-reason-i-m-doing-three-minutes-of-open-mic-stand-up-in-about-a-month/803761)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-no-good-reason-i-m-doing-three-minutes-of-open-mic-stand-up-in-about-a-month/803761 "2018-02-14T03:16:35Z")
A friend of mine has been doing it and it looks fun. I don’t think of myself as a really funny guy, but I tried for the past several weeks to take note of amusing moments and thoughts and see if I could make them into so… --- ## [My Grumpy Morning MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grumpy-morning-mmp/517765)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grumpy-morning-mmp/517765 "2009-11-23T17:04:34Z")
I’m fairly grumpy this morning. Can we have a joke filled MMP to lighten our loads a little bit this week? Here’s a funny one that you’ve all heard that I mentioned previously this week on facebook. here are two broth… --- ## [Fox News refers to Michelle Obama as "Obama's Baby Mama"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-refers-to-michelle-obama-as-obamas-baby-mama/452698)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-refers-to-michelle-obama-as-obamas-baby-mama/452698 "2008-06-17T19:17:10Z")
And we thought “terrorist fist jab” was as low as they would sink… Racism and sexism all rolled up into one! I can’t imagine a more insulting thing to say about a woman as classy and intelligent as Michelle Obama. You… --- ## [i'm never going to have a girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-never-going-to-have-a-girlfriend/194837)
**Author:** [@The\_Calculus\_of\_Logic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Calculus_of_Logic)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-never-going-to-have-a-girlfriend/194837 "2003-08-25T18:57:19Z")
honestly, i don’t even want one at a lifestyle choice. But i’m 24 and i’ve never had one (talking to people on the internet doesn’t count). People do stuff at 15 that i have never done. held hands, hugged, talked on the … --- ## [Goodbye, General Mattis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-general-mattis/826453)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-general-mattis/826453 "2018-12-24T20:40:44Z")
Secretary of Defense resigns. He says his “views are not aligned with Trump’s.” I’ve heard many people say that he was the only good member of Trump’s cabinet, and everyone I know who is or was in the military seems to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=439&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=441&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)