# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=443&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:** 444 --- ## [Best way to get "whiter white" clothes without damaging the fabric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-whiter-white-clothes-without-damaging-the-fabric/233073)
**Author:** [@BrianS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianS)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-whiter-white-clothes-without-damaging-the-fabric/233073 "2004-03-08T18:12:22Z")
What’s the best way to get “whiter whites” when doing the wash? My mom swears against bleach, saying that it eats the elastic out of socks and hurts the fabric in general. I’ve tried using Oxy Clean, which didn’t do sq… --- ## [Seriously. What's Your First Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994)
**Author:** [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994 "2014-03-10T00:50:14Z")
I’m Grant. --- ## [Star Trek Squire of Gothos, Speculation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-squire-of-gothos-speculation/548330)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-squire-of-gothos-speculation/548330 "2010-08-05T00:58:44Z")
Trelane the ultimate naughty child. Gives Kirk and company fits. :smiley: This episode is so much fun. Swashbuckling sword fights, duels, and a pretty Ensign in a ball gown. The look on Kirks face when he … --- ## [Atheists in foxholes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-in-foxholes/602808)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-in-foxholes/602808 "2011-11-16T18:57:02Z")
I know the subject has come up before, but not in this particular way, afaik. I just came from service at a local Episcopal church, and there was a guest speaker for Veteran’s Day services that happened to be a retired … --- ## [British dopers: some insight into the "Made in Britain" joke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-some-insight-into-the-made-in-britain-joke/560067)
**Author:** [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-some-insight-into-the-made-in-britain-joke/560067 "2010-11-11T16:49:00Z")
There seems to be a running joke that implies things “Made in Britain” are of inferior quality and prone to breakage at inopportune moments. I’ve seen it in many movies and TV shows, most recently during an episode of T… --- ## [Old terms in fiction that are weird to hear or read today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-terms-in-fiction-that-are-weird-to-hear-or-read-today/636741)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-terms-in-fiction-that-are-weird-to-hear-or-read-today/636741 "2012-10-13T07:17:52Z")
In old fiction you run across terms for something new or not yet existing that are archaic and hilarious today. List terms used and what they were. No derogatory terms please. Computer used to refer to a mathematician … --- ## [My wife is giving up. (Long, boring, bloggy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249 "2019-08-02T01:30:06Z")
We have had this idea that it is my wife’s “turn” to pursue something past her useless bachelor’s degree, to go in whatever direction she wants with it. She put me through eight years, she deserves the same in return. Ha… --- ## [greatest entrances in movie history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469 "2022-11-23T19:19:24Z")
The definition of “entrance” is is an appearance of a character in a movie that has an immediate impact, and it is the first time you see the character. Examples- Rita Hayworth in Gilda. The first time you see her is a … --- ## [Stop smoking in the dorm!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-smoking-in-the-dorm/472969)
**Author:** [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-smoking-in-the-dorm/472969 "2008-11-20T00:31:48Z")
You are not allowed to smoke in the dorm. You know this because you are not allowed to smoke inside any building on campus, nor any public building within the fucking state. It is explicitly stated in the housing contr… --- ## [Can You Eat Yourself in an Emergency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-eat-yourself-in-an-emergency/217564)
**Author:** [@Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Machina)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-eat-yourself-in-an-emergency/217564 "2003-12-11T02:42:25Z")
At Thanksgiving dinner the conversation turned to starvation and eventually the cannibalism of the Donner party and similar stranded groups. I raised the question (Pass the giblet gravy, please.) of an individual strande… --- ## [Do all ATMS have cameras? (help me catch a thief!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-atms-have-cameras-help-me-catch-a-thief/136901)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-atms-have-cameras-help-me-catch-a-thief/136901 "2002-11-18T22:08:20Z")
Do they? Even the ones in depanneurs (uh… 7/11s to the Americans)? A friend of mine was mugged, and after he revealed his PIN at knifepoint, one of the little fuckers went to take out money while the rest of them beat my… --- ## [Smokers - how do you survive long airplane flights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-how-do-you-survive-long-airplane-flights/648061)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-how-do-you-survive-long-airplane-flights/648061 "2013-01-25T22:37:43Z")
Smokers - how do you survive long airplane flights, since smoking isn’t allowed in planes? (I’m not a smoker looking for advice - I’m a curious non-smoker.) --- ## [Obama at House Republican Retreat, Q&A](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-at-house-republican-retreat-q-a/527004)
**Author:** [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2010, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-at-house-republican-retreat-q-a/527004 "2010-02-03T11:55:37Z")
As he said in his State of the Union address, Obama went to talk with the Republicans. The video is 66 minutes long and makes for very entertaining and engaging political television. I think he did a great job fending… --- ## [Give your opinion on something (mom wants to pass out "church cards" at Halloween) \[update\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908 "2016-11-08T14:26:05Z")
I’m currently living with my mom to help her out with her bills and rent. Anyway, Halloween is coming up as you all know. Recently (well, this year, since last Halloween, suffice to say), mom has joined a church and got… --- ## [Whatcha reading Jan. (09) edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-jan-09-edition/479409)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-reading-jan-09-edition/479409 "2009-01-31T19:50:16Z")
Happy New Years all! May your year be filled with good food, good fortune and good reads! I have not picked out my next book yet, so I have nothing to report, but I’m sure I’ll get one going soon. Link to last year’s … --- ## [Can dirty shower door glass ever get clean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dirty-shower-door-glass-ever-get-clean/387236)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2013, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dirty-shower-door-glass-ever-get-clean/387236 "2013-04-03T11:06:42Z")
When we bought our place it was 5 years old. The shower door glass, which is tempered safety glass, looked like it had never been cleaned- like it had 5 years of deposits from the water built up on it. We squeegee it aft… --- ## [Chess - Carlsen-Niemann controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-carlsen-niemann-controversy/971683)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-carlsen-niemann-controversy/971683 "2023-11-17T23:43:06Z")
I don’t know chess well enough to analyze the moves. The players are searched. This article says Magnus started with a bad opening. He wasn’t playing well. I’m bothered that an unspoken and unproven allegation by Magn… --- ## [Let's teach girls to put up with violent boys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-teach-girls-to-put-up-with-violent-boys/400888)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-teach-girls-to-put-up-with-violent-boys/400888 "2007-05-01T03:28:50Z")
My sister tells me that my redheaded niece, who is in kindergarten, got sent to the Principal’s office again. For fighting! It seems that a boy at school smacked her in the face, and so she went upside his head (and must… --- ## [More election fallout: High-speed rail is coming to California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-election-fallout-high-speed-rail-is-coming-to-california/471571)
**Author:** [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-election-fallout-high-speed-rail-is-coming-to-california/471571 "2008-11-15T23:03:46Z")
Proposition 1A has passed, 52.2% to 47.7%. It authorizes a $10 billion down payment on the first high-speed rail network in the US of A. Total cost will be around $45 billion, and the route will go from Orange County t… --- ## [The whole internet pits Dr. Oz!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-internet-pits-dr-oz/704454)
**Author:** [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-internet-pits-dr-oz/704454 "2015-04-24T12:25:47Z")
“Dr” Oz the quackpot, just like a few other too full of themselves celebs, thought it would be a good idea to invite questions on Twitter. The internet did not disappoint: How does that taste “Dr” Oz? This is wha… --- ## [Do some progressives love the welfare budget?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-progressives-love-the-welfare-budget/747769)
**Author:** [@GloryDays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GloryDays)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-progressives-love-the-welfare-budget/747769 "2016-03-05T00:03:00Z")
It seems that progressives love to increase the welfare budget at all costs, until in 1996 when welfare had to be reformed. Do some progressives like the welfare budget to be increased as possible? Do some of them not u… --- ## [Movies you are NOT ashamed to admit you like.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2004, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-not-ashamed-to-admit-you-like/234700 "2004-04-26T06:07:31Z")
I cannot express how much pure giggles I get off of the sublimely sophomoric flick \*\*The Black Knight \*\*. It is so stupid, yet entertaining. I feel dirty. --- ## [Is there any major field of study where we do not have at least one expert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-major-field-of-study-where-we-do-not-have-at-least-one-expert/572614)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-major-field-of-study-where-we-do-not-have-at-least-one-expert/572614 "2011-03-04T04:07:28Z")
Title pretty much says it all. I know we have approximately eleventy-bajillion lawyers. We also have doctors, scientists, engineers, cooks, writers, mechanics, pilots, soldiers, sailors, gun guys, etc. Seems like for … --- ## [Pitting Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-jim-b/963958)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-jim-b/963958 "2022-07-31T18:14:18Z")
Now normally you’re just an annoying fucking waste of skin dropping contactless turds into otherwise interesting threads or dumbass OPs that float to the bottom of the page. Your Elton John OP is another thing entirely.… --- ## [\*\*\* Spoilers \*\*\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers/212575)
**Author:** [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers/212575 "2003-11-24T21:11:22Z")
It’s a sled. It’s a friggin’ sled! --- ## [did anyone ever actually have to climb a rope in gym class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-actually-have-to-climb-a-rope-in-gym-class/559623)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-actually-have-to-climb-a-rope-in-gym-class/559623 "2010-11-10T16:54:37Z")
I never did is it just a TV cliche --- ## [Better Call Saul "Alpine Shepard Boy" 3/2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-alpine-shepard-boy-3-2/714072)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-alpine-shepard-boy-3-2/714072 "2015-03-06T14:20:18Z")
Zither, it’s a zither. ETA, I’ve been listening to that music in the background for a few minutes now and all of a sudden it clicked that it was the theme from The Third Man. --- ## [Why should employers have to pay for contraception anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-employers-have-to-pay-for-contraception-anyway/692290)
**Author:** [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-employers-have-to-pay-for-contraception-anyway/692290 "2014-07-06T17:04:11Z")
Put aside your opinion of the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision for a moment. Even if you accept that the rather inefficient system of employer-provided medical insurance is the way to go, why was contraception single… --- ## [What happened to the last 3 lines of the Lord's Prayer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-last-3-lines-of-the-lords-prayer/643644)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-last-3-lines-of-the-lords-prayer/643644 "2012-12-15T16:28:24Z")
So again, there I was at my niece’s Catholic funeral, and the Lord’s Prayer was recited. I actually spoke it out loud but unwittingly nearly screwed up the end because while everybody stopped after the line “But deliver… --- ## [Is the Romney candidacy an LDS Mission Call?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-romney-candidacy-an-lds-mission-call/638544)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-romney-candidacy-an-lds-mission-call/638544 "2012-12-27T21:48:07Z")
Romney has referred to his candidacy as a ‘Mission’. Perhaps it actually is - otherwise, Romney is an unlikely candidate: Romney has no reason to run for President - he was not a successful governor and he has been a mi… --- ## [Song ID: Instrumental hit, lots of horns, went Top 40 in U.S.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-instrumental-hit-lots-of-horns-went-top-40-in-u-s/619203)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-instrumental-hit-lots-of-horns-went-top-40-in-u-s/619203 "2012-04-20T20:22:48Z")
It’s a song I hear from time to time in unexpected places. I’m not sure if “jazz” is the right genre, exactly … sounds like “loungey jazz”, if that makes any sense. The song is pretty much nothing but horns, with a good … --- ## [Leave Super Kapowlzer alone!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-super-kapowlzer-alone/537074)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-super-kapowlzer-alone/537074 "2010-04-26T19:08:50Z")
Good God, have you guys entirely lost your sense of humor? Look, I don’t care whether he is affecting partial brain damage or not, but his shit is funny. If it doesn’t tickle your funny bone, then what harm is he doing… --- ## [What's Latin For "Onward And Upward"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-latin-for-onward-and-upward/431041)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-latin-for-onward-and-upward/431041 "2013-12-24T20:39:13Z")
We’re scattering my father’s ashes in a few days. He always said farewell with “Onward and upward” then repeat it in Latin. I know it was something like ‘Exus oquiamus’. What is the proper phrase? It seems appropriate … --- ## [I've been called a troll...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689)
**Author:** [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-called-a-troll/472689 "2008-11-20T21:27:22Z")
Link All I have to say for now. --- ## [Is Donald Trump mentally ill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-mentally-ill/640271)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-donald-trump-mentally-ill/640271 "2012-11-13T00:51:35Z")
Donald’s always been a bit larger-than-life, even in his 80s heyday with Ivana. But he never struck me as truly eccentric or off-kilter. Just a rich, flashy businessman. Sort of the epitome of 80s excess. And when he go… --- ## [Akiane Kramarik, child prodigy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akiane-kramarik-child-prodigy/351213)
**Author:** [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akiane-kramarik-child-prodigy/351213 "2013-01-26T00:05:40Z")
Akiane Kramarik has come up several times now over at some art forums I hang around, with the reaction ranging from “She’s the new Leonardo da Vinci!” to “She’s a fake and being manipulated by her nutso Christian parents… --- ## [Is suicide inherent proof of mental illness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-suicide-inherent-proof-of-mental-illness/586423)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-suicide-inherent-proof-of-mental-illness/586423 "2015-04-05T21:01:02Z")
This might be more of a GQ, I suppose, but it also calls for opinion. Does suicide fit into the range of “normal” human behavior, or is it aberrant? --- ## [Can I cut my neighbors' power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-cut-my-neighbors-power/439834)
**Author:** [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-cut-my-neighbors-power/439834 "2008-03-05T05:57:21Z")
It’s 4AM and our upstairs neighbors continue to have a loud, loud party where they stomp on the floor (our ceiling) causing the whole house to shake. After a polite request to keep it down earlier this evening, and some … --- ## [I hope the Red Sox kill the fucking Rockies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847 "2007-11-04T00:06:23Z")
Here’s why. I know that a lot of athletes are hands-to-the-sky, Born-Again Christians who think that Jesus gets involved in games but that generally doesn’t bother me much unless a player is really overbearing about it.… --- ## [Most Overrated Sitcom of All Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-sitcom-of-all-time/312086)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overrated-sitcom-of-all-time/312086 "2015-10-24T17:58:39Z")
Inspired by this thread, I ask you to nominate the sitcom that least deserved the ratings it received. My vote would have to go to Seinfeld. I tried to get into it, but I just couldn’t. Every character was selfish, pe… --- ## [Taco Bell Menu Changes.....what????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-menu-changes-what/607906)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-menu-changes-what/607906 "2012-06-24T23:08:33Z")
I’m not usually petty, shallow, or even notice minor changes in unimportant things, but this kind of pissed me off. I’m a Taco Bell fan. I eat there about once a month, which is a lot compared to my nearly non-existent … --- ## [Is Irene gonna kill me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-irene-gonna-kill-me/594025)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-irene-gonna-kill-me/594025 "2011-09-06T23:43:59Z")
Last night I got not one, but three urgent e-mails from my father about the floods, power outages, loss of water services, looting, general malaise, pestilence, and sniffles that hurricane Irene is going to cause. He wan… --- ## [Lets discuss the consequences of slight alterations in the course of WW2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-the-consequences-of-slight-alterations-in-the-course-of-ww2/548364)
**Author:** [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-the-consequences-of-slight-alterations-in-the-course-of-ww2/548364 "2010-11-19T03:03:47Z")
Coming out of the ‘are we unfair to Hitler thread’, I’ve been thinking about WW2 even more than usual. The standard time travel trope is to bump of Hitler during WW1 or thereabouts and thereby avoid WW2, at least as we … --- ## [Is Tim Tebow a hypocrite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tim-tebow-a-hypocrite/607717)
**Author:** [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tim-tebow-a-hypocrite/607717 "2012-01-04T05:03:57Z")
From the King James version, Matthew 6:5-6 Now I’m not trying to get into another tired debate of whether or not there is a god, nor am I trying to guess what is going on in Tebow’s mind. What I would like to to debat… --- ## [Is this statement homophobic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-statement-homophobic/592009)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2011, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-statement-homophobic/592009 "2011-08-14T09:23:11Z")
Poll in a moment. Feel free to discuss amongst yourselves both before and after it’s posted, though. Is the statement I don’t care what other people do in the privacy of their bedrooms, but I could never have sex with… --- ## [12 Years A Slave (No spoilers in the OP; there may be afterwards.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-years-a-slave-no-spoilers-in-the-op-there-may-be-afterwards/673381)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-years-a-slave-no-spoilers-in-the-op-there-may-be-afterwards/673381 "2014-06-02T15:17:33Z")
I saw it this week and it’s one of the best historical movies I’ve ever seen, probably the best about slavery. It manages to portray slavery in its full horror while avoiding all of the usual cliches and stereotypes of … --- ## [Cones on the Loose - an orange MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cones-on-the-loose-an-orange-mmp/414599)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 418\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2007, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cones-on-the-loose-an-orange-mmp/414599 "2007-08-13T09:26:39Z")
Picture this - it’s Sunday morning. The day when you have a long lie-in and spend the day pottering about doing not much of anything, having a rest and generally enjoying yourself. But no, not I! It’s 5am. What?! 5a… --- ## [How can ice cream trucks be profitable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-ice-cream-trucks-be-profitable/361118)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-ice-cream-trucks-be-profitable/361118 "2006-06-21T17:55:47Z")
It would almost seem impossible to sell enough ice cream bars to make up the cost of purchasing the truck, maintenance of the truck, paying today’s gas prices and driving around so much. How many ice cream bars does a t… --- ## [Which companies do you boycott and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-companies-do-you-boycott-and-why/535368)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-companies-do-you-boycott-and-why/535368 "2010-04-11T22:25:30Z")
I’m talking about specific businesses you avoid for political reasons, issues of discrimination, etc., but NOT businesses you avoid just because they sell crappy products or services. I’ve been boycotting Whole Foods si… --- ## [What Would Your Ideal Tax Plan Look Like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ideal-tax-plan-look-like/632012)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ideal-tax-plan-look-like/632012 "2012-09-20T18:37:58Z")
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