# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=447&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:** 448 --- ## [How long does it take for a phone number to be recycled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-a-phone-number-to-be-recycled/319525)
**Author:** [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-a-phone-number-to-be-recycled/319525 "2005-09-01T21:49:08Z")
I’m curious how long the period generally is that a particular phone number is not in use before it is reassigned. I recently got a new phone number and feel like I’m receiving an awful lot of calls asking for the perso… --- ## [Poser Wiccans piss me off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poser-wiccans-piss-me-off/93452)
**Author:** [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poser-wiccans-piss-me-off/93452 "2021-03-22T06:44:28Z")
As I said in the Jack Chick thread, this is something that pisses me off vastly. People who read one book and put a pentagram around their neck, then BAM! Instant Witch. Never mind that you haven’t been in the forest for… --- ## [Gen McChrystal goes ass to mouth with his foot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-mcchrystal-goes-ass-to-mouth-with-his-foot/544135)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-mcchrystal-goes-ass-to-mouth-with-his-foot/544135 "2010-06-27T19:12:14Z")
Jesus Christ. WTF was he thinking? Did he think he was “off the record” when he said that shit to a REPORTER FROM ROLLING FUCKING STONE??? How embarrassing for everyone involved. Interesting to see how the administ… --- ## [British pronunciation of "foreign" words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-foreign-words/198406)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-foreign-words/198406 "2012-11-07T11:13:03Z")
This one has always puzzled me. I’ve noticed many British people tend to go out of their way to pronounce certain foreign words incorrectly, incorrectly meaning not as the natives would say it even though the sounds are… --- ## [Why are the Law and Order SVU detectives such judgmental jerks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-law-and-order-svu-detectives-such-judgmental-jerks/708066)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-law-and-order-svu-detectives-such-judgmental-jerks/708066 "2015-01-11T01:46:09Z")
I have a terrible cold, and I’m sitting at home watching TV. Law and Order SVU is on, and in the first episode I saw (about a young boy who’s been raped and where the initial suspect is from the Hasidic comunity), a male… --- ## [How does Kreskin do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-kreskin-do-it/402106)
**Author:** [@solkoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solkoe)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-kreskin-do-it/402106 "2013-06-27T18:46:10Z")
I got to see Kreskin live last night and he was truly amazing. I don’t expect that anyone can give a scientific answer as to how he reads minds but I am convinced there are no plants in the audience. As a science teach… --- ## [What is the best “war movie”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-war-movie/941184)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-war-movie/941184 "2022-11-13T22:43:06Z")
Some of the greatest movies of all time involve soldiers. All Quiet on the Western Front, Bridge on the River Kwai, MASH… more recently Dunkirk and 1917. Yet, I find some highly regarded movies much better than others.… --- ## [What would the Romans have done with the cross?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-romans-have-done-with-the-cross/686249)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-romans-have-done-with-the-cross/686249 "2014-04-25T14:32:01Z")
Specifically the cross on which they crucified the eccentric Rabbi Yeshua bar-Joseph, aka Jesus Christ. Later historians maintain that they found the true cross buried, or found it intact in a sepulchre. What did Rome u… --- ## [Anyone have an adult tricycle? Opinions? Suggestions? Tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-an-adult-tricycle-opinions-suggestions-tips/633383)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-an-adult-tricycle-opinions-suggestions-tips/633383 "2012-09-08T00:33:28Z")
Due to some odd circumstances in my youth, I never really learned how to ride a bicycle. Well, I can ride a little, but I fall off a lot. The city I live in has the largest urban bike path system in North America, and it… --- ## [Doper Historians - Film "Selma" portays LBJ as enemy of civil rights & MLK - Any basis for this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-historians-film-selma-portays-lbj-as-enemy-of-civil-rights-mlk-any-basis-for-this/709201)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-historians-film-selma-portays-lbj-as-enemy-of-civil-rights-mlk-any-basis-for-this/709201 "2015-01-20T21:30:26Z")
The film’s director doesn’t want to talk “history”, but wants to focus in the “voices” and themes the film represents. Some historians are less reticent and say the film’s portrayal of President Johnson is at odds with … --- ## [Worst potluck disappointments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-potluck-disappointments/714402)
**Author:** [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-potluck-disappointments/714402 "2015-03-15T17:11:03Z")
This terrible thing happened today: I spotted a tray of charmingly irregular cupcakes. Thinking this denoted homemade, hence, quality, I seized on a yellow one (rather than brown), not minding if it were lemon or vanill… --- ## [Rioting - is the U.S. next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rioting-is-the-u-s-next/592159)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rioting-is-the-u-s-next/592159 "2011-08-19T02:15:17Z")
I’ve been watching news coverage of the riots in London. Horrible and frightening images. You have to wonder are we next? There’s a lot of people hurting in this economy. A tremendous amount of anger at government impot… --- ## [What's your Wu-Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-wu-name/603109 "2014-09-18T02:55:30Z")
In this week’s Entertainment Weekly, Donald Glover (aka Troy from Community) mentioned he got his rap name “Childish Gambino” from the WuName generator, so of course I had to check it out.. My Dope Wu-Name is Bigoted, w… --- ## [How did Bo and Luke Duke make a living?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-bo-and-luke-duke-make-a-living/715722)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-bo-and-luke-duke-make-a-living/715722 "2018-08-08T22:55:35Z")
How did Bo and Luke Duke make a living? Uncle Jesse had a Social Security check. Daisy worked at the Boar’s Nest. Cooter ran a garage. What did Bo and Luke do? Did they run moonshine? They were never shown transporting … --- ## [What does Ratzinger mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-ratzinger-mean/300130)
**Author:** [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-ratzinger-mean/300130 "2023-01-02T21:29:26Z")
What does the German name mean in English? --- ## [Conversational minutiae thT makes you want to punch your SO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversational-minutiae-tht-makes-you-want-to-punch-your-so/593489)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversational-minutiae-tht-makes-you-want-to-punch-your-so/593489 "2011-08-29T13:57:44Z")
This happened twice this evening, and it will happen a million times more before I finally put a gun to my temple to escape it. Something happened on a show we were watching, he declared that thing wrong, and I agreed wi… --- ## [Tax deduction on mortgage interest being chopped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-deduction-on-mortgage-interest-being-chopped/642374)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-deduction-on-mortgage-interest-being-chopped/642374 "2012-12-07T21:05:54Z")
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563\_162-57555279/will-tax-deduction-on-mortgage-interest-face-chopping-block/ Do you think this is likely to happen? Is this a wise way to raise revenue? I can see this piggybacking on t… --- ## [Why haven't they rescued the cruise line passangers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-they-rescued-the-cruise-line-passangers/650135 "2013-02-15T22:17:00Z")
Have they said why there’s no apparent interest in rescuing the cruise liner passengers? Normally you hear about ships in the area picking up as many passengers as possible. I thought it was required for all ships to he… --- ## [Jesse Helms is dead! Let's dance on his grave.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesse-helms-is-dead-lets-dance-on-his-grave/455299)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesse-helms-is-dead-lets-dance-on-his-grave/455299 "2008-09-23T04:39:54Z")
Hopefully, Jesse Helms is in Hell and is being raped by Jerry Falwell. Rot in Hell, motherfucker. --- ## [Do you ever wish you were the opposite gender?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-wish-you-were-the-opposite-gender/600982)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-wish-you-were-the-opposite-gender/600982 "2017-02-09T03:41:30Z")
Just curious, really. Keeping the poll simple, but if you want to elaborate in the thread, feel free. (This is my first poll, btw, so I hope I don’t screw it up… fingers crossed.) --- ## [How do you use lemon curd?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-lemon-curd/577245)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2011, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-lemon-curd/577245 "2011-04-08T10:40:33Z")
Continuing on from my earlier thread about the merits of canned tuna… I recently started shopping at a different grocery store than i’ve been going to. While examining the jellies I espied a jar of “Dickinson’s Lemon Cu… --- ## [First name with most spelling variations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-name-with-most-spelling-variations/544483)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-name-with-most-spelling-variations/544483 "2016-12-08T15:04:38Z")
What common first name has the most spelling variations with the same pronunciation? For instance, Mohammed and Muhammed are pronounced the same, but Mahmoud isn’t, so doesn’t count. Neither does Joe/Jose. Neither does J… --- ## [Restaurant food fads that should be retired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-food-fads-that-should-be-retired/428749)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2007, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-food-fads-that-should-be-retired/428749 "2007-12-11T08:50:07Z")
Apparently, there is nothing that isn’t better with chipotle. Unless it is Tuscan style. --- ## [Let's rate pics of beautiful but anonymous people (another objectifying Rhymer thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rate-pics-of-beautiful-but-anonymous-people-another-objectifying-rhymer-thread/520613)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rate-pics-of-beautiful-but-anonymous-people-another-objectifying-rhymer-thread/520613 "2010-01-01T01:27:11Z")
The flip side of this thread: Famous people you’d like to see naked. First a few rules: \[ol\] \[li\]I’m looking for photographs of real people only. No paintings, no drawings, no CGI, please. \[/li\]\[li\]By “anonymous,” I… --- ## [Thanks AGW deniers! We were getting tired of all those trees!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-agw-deniers-we-were-getting-tired-of-all-those-trees/626462)
**Author:** [@spazurek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spazurek)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-agw-deniers-we-were-getting-tired-of-all-those-trees/626462 "2012-07-02T01:51:38Z")
As a Coloradan, I’d like to personally thank all you who deny the existence of global warming, or of our ability/need to do anything about it, for courageously staying the course in the face of all the “scientific eviden… --- ## [Why are Mexicans chopping each other up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-mexicans-chopping-each-other-up/621935)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-mexicans-chopping-each-other-up/621935 "2012-05-18T08:04:28Z")
Seriously? What the fuck is wrong down there? Can’t they cut the army loose on the fucking cartels? I think there’s been about 100 beheaded bodies lying on the highway this year. Time to drop the hammer of justice! --- ## [Weapons experts. Re video Dallas Police shoot mentally ill man standing still. What happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-experts-re-video-dallas-police-shoot-mentally-ill-man-standing-still-what-happened/671535)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-experts-re-video-dallas-police-shoot-mentally-ill-man-standing-still-what-happened/671535 "2013-10-24T23:51:49Z")
Re this story and video the police appear to just start firing at a mentally ill man who is standing stock still and being fully compliant. They made up a CYA story about his attacking them after he was shot, but a home … --- ## [A Bad Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-egg/340950)
**Author:** [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-egg/340950 "2006-01-24T03:35:28Z")
Prologue When a long-standing poster is banned, we normally announce why, and leave their posts in place. On t’otherhand, when we ban a spammer or troll or multi-identity jerk, we generally don’t bother to announce it.… --- ## [Is college worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-college-worth-it/705536)
**Author:** [@Sciency](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sciency)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-college-worth-it/705536 "2014-12-04T08:19:38Z")
Let’s take the debts out of the equation. Is getting a college education worthless nowadays? Even from people who graduated and found a job, I hear a lot of negativity. This sums up most fo what I hear. Basically all I… --- ## [Survivor 46 - open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-46-open-spoilers/998267)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-46-open-spoilers/998267 "2024-06-20T22:43:06Z")
Oh Lordy! What a first episode. There is potential there, we saw a peek of it, but the showcase of tonight was cluelessness. At least it had me cheering from couch for their collective resolve. And I’m already tired o… --- ## [Wagga Wagga!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagga-wagga/714082)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagga-wagga/714082 "2015-03-21T19:19:23Z")
I recently learned that there is a place in Australia called Wagga Wagga. This is by far the coolest name EVER! And it’s not a tiny backwater, mind you, but a decent-sized town! I imagine myself standing before a counter… --- ## [I don't understand Hitler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-hitler/577468)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-hitler/577468 "2011-04-15T14:37:04Z")
Don’t know where to post this or how to word it. I am afraid I will sound dumb asking this question and I don’t know exactly what I am asking but please try to understand and bear with me. I will probably be offensive … --- ## [Is it so uncommon to have a strict grocery budget?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-so-uncommon-to-have-a-strict-grocery-budget/780463)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2017, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-so-uncommon-to-have-a-strict-grocery-budget/780463 "2017-03-05T06:33:57Z")
I got that impression after mentioning something on social media that my family does this. I knew there were lots of people who just shop for what they are out of, at whatever cost; and even people who just throw whateve… --- ## [What areas in the US have the most fertile land?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-areas-in-the-us-have-the-most-fertile-land/236447)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2004, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-areas-in-the-us-have-the-most-fertile-land/236447 "2004-03-26T08:23:06Z")
I don’t mean for large agricultural farming, I just mean places that would work best for subsistance farming with minimal technology. What areas in the U.S. have the most fertile soil for this kind of farming? --- ## [How does foil, baking soda and hot water clean silver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-foil-baking-soda-and-hot-water-clean-silver/608757)
**Author:** [@Sri\_Theo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sri_Theo)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-foil-baking-soda-and-hot-water-clean-silver/608757 "2017-01-23T20:32:38Z")
So I recently had need to clean some silver, and this technique was shown to me. Basically you put hot water, baking soda and foil in a bowl. Add the silver and tarnish disappears in under a minute. Can anyone explain … --- ## [People who haven't learned a common skill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-havent-learned-a-common-skill/585150)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-havent-learned-a-common-skill/585150 "2011-06-16T18:33:28Z")
I started a thread like this several years ago, and it was fun. Rather than unearthing a zombie, I decided to start a new thread. The example I gave in the old OP was: I was in an elevator, and there were people who did… --- ## [Home electrical wiring question: light stays on continually.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-electrical-wiring-question-light-stays-on-continually/381057)
**Author:** [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-electrical-wiring-question-light-stays-on-continually/381057 "2017-11-15T12:36:46Z")
We’ve changed out a light fixture. We put in the new fixture, and all was hunky dory. We then took the new fixture down to do some ceiling repair work. When we put the new fixture back up today, it doesn’t work. That… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory February 7, 2013: The Spoiler Alert Segmentation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-february-7-2013-the-spoiler-alert-segmentation/649715)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-february-7-2013-the-spoiler-alert-segmentation/649715 "2013-02-18T02:11:09Z")
“We droppin’ science, son!” Not sure how I feel about the fleeting glimpses of Mrs. Wolowitz. On the one hand I feel like we may finally get to see her someday (although I read somewhere that either Lorre or Prady said … --- ## ['MERICA!!! patriotism / nationalism: good or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merica-patriotism-nationalism-good-or-bad/790438)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merica-patriotism-nationalism-good-or-bad/790438 "2017-07-12T17:00:52Z")
Tomorrow is the 4th of July. In red-state-America, there will be BBQs and parades, flag ceremonies by local Boy Scout troops, many Pledges of Allegiance will be recited, perhaps some singing of the Star-Spangled Banner, … --- ## [Can Hillary make gay rights a cornerstone of her campaign?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-hillary-make-gay-rights-a-cornerstone-of-her-campaign/735846)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-hillary-make-gay-rights-a-cornerstone-of-her-campaign/735846 "2015-11-05T01:02:45Z")
It seems like bit of a kerfuffle has broken out over some comments that Hillary Clinton made. Her husband, of course, signed into law the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as well as creating the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” pol… --- ## [Soldier worship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldier-worship/666216)
**Author:** [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldier-worship/666216 "2013-08-23T21:01:21Z")
Why do some people feel the need to literally venerate members of the armed forces. Correct me if I am wrong but people who join the army, navy and air force get paid for doing what they do, but some people still go on a… --- ## ["... and 2D in select theaters." Bite me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-2d-in-select-theaters-bite-me/564580)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-2d-in-select-theaters-bite-me/564580 "2011-01-05T22:35:49Z")
Well, I suspected it was going to happen, and it’s finally done so. I can barely see 3D movies (due to my amblyopia), and my wife absolutely can’t (she’s blind in one eye). As such, we’ve been getting increasingly anno… --- ## [WhatarejegonnaDO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatarejegonnado/777700)
**Author:** [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatarejegonnado/777700 "2017-02-04T02:27:29Z")
So, dear Amercan dopers, you elected by disinterest and incompetence the president from hell. A conman who isn’t hiding what he is. That sucks. My questions: Do you care? If so, what are you planning to do about it? (… --- ## [Trump Tariffs Struck Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tariffs-struck-down/1018927)
**Author:** [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-tariffs-struck-down/1018927 "2026-05-08T22:18:03Z")
There’s going to be plenty for a new thread on this one. Here’s the United States Court of International Trade ruling: The administration says it will appeal. And this is so fundamental to the Trump project that one … --- ## [Would you give your newborn son a stereotypically female name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-your-newborn-son-a-stereotypically-female-name/718585)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-your-newborn-son-a-stereotypically-female-name/718585 "2015-05-08T11:21:56Z")
It is not uncommon for parents to give their baby girls a name usually associated with males. I’m not talking about the feminized version – Georgia for George, Alexandra for Alexander, and so forth – but sticking with th… --- ## [So what's up with these 'Proud Boys', anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-up-with-these-proud-boys-anyway/921896)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-up-with-these-proud-boys-anyway/921896 "2021-02-06T01:17:34Z")
I’m sure a lot of people have been googling that group this morning. All I really knew about them was that they were a far-right, quasi-militant, white nationalist organization that is balls-out for trump, and of course … --- ## [Minecraft - multiplayer diggin' holes and buildin' things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-multiplayer-diggin-holes-and-buildin-things/499547)
**Author:** [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-multiplayer-diggin-holes-and-buildin-things/499547 "2010-10-25T16:13:49Z")
This little game runs in a java applet and is strangely compelling. If you try it out, be sure to register an account and go multiplayer, because running around on your own isn’t much fun. I play mainly on the reddit… --- ## [Korean War Scenarios](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-war-scenarios/497824)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-war-scenarios/497824 "2009-05-31T14:53:58Z")
North Korea Threatens Armed Strike, End to Armistice I imagine this is mostly saber-rattling and who knows what else (as currently being discussed elsewhere), but you never know. What I’m wondering about is who are the… --- ## [Now what should people on the left do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-what-should-people-on-the-left-do/1009778)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 478\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-what-should-people-on-the-left-do/1009778 "2025-02-24T14:55:36Z")
I know it’s bad. It obviously is. What I want to “settle” once and for all is what you’re saying we, as individuals or whatever, should do now. If it’s “give up” or “smother your kids, then kill yourself,” I want you to … --- ## [Rioting in Sweden!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rioting-in-sweden/659101)
**Author:** [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rioting-in-sweden/659101 "2013-05-30T23:09:41Z")
I’m sorry about the exclamation mark in the topic header, I am trying to sell this as an interesting story just so I can get someone else to discuss it with. It probably doesn’t warrant an exclamation mark. I think a fai… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=446&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=448&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)