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**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 387\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-canada-and-australia-have-so-few-people/747071 "2016-03-01T21:52:09Z")
…compared to the United States? Both countries have vast land areas, many natural resources, successful democracies (more than we can say at the moment), healthy economies, and the same benefits of the British legal tra… --- ## [Joe Arpaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-arpaio/642398)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 331\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-arpaio/642398 "2021-10-31T04:46:37Z")
My sister in law posted this today: This was our exchange: I think I am going to start having to seriously make an effort to ignore people on FB. --- ## [What's the last song you heard and liked instantly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-song-you-heard-and-liked-instantly/605037 "2013-09-09T19:30:28Z")
I heard this song, “Ultranumb” by Blue Stahli this morning, and it was definitely worth tracking down an MP3 of it. What’s the most recent song to really grab you? --- ## [Avatars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/590594)
**Author:** [@BDBoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BDBoop)\ **Replies:** 403\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/590594 "2012-06-29T02:30:13Z")
I checked off to see them, but I don’t. I don’t see anywhere to enter mine. Safe to say this board doesn’t use avatars? --- ## [Does bacon really expire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bacon-really-expire/532418)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bacon-really-expire/532418 "2010-03-24T06:07:12Z")
I bought bacon in December. Then we couldn’t prepare it for various reasons. I wanted to cook it tomorrow morning but the package says “prepare or freeze by February 10”. Does the stuff really expire or are they coveri… --- ## [So just how long can a human female produce breast milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-how-long-can-a-human-female-produce-breast-milk/621656)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-how-long-can-a-human-female-produce-breast-milk/621656 "2017-06-09T17:16:01Z")
Unfortunately I saw the recent Time Life cover with the 5 year old sucking moms titty. Plus she’s nursing an adopted child from Africa. Could these kid still nurse off her as teenagers? :stuck\_out\_tongue: Is there a li… --- ## [I hope your baby burns her eyes out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551)
**Author:** [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Replies:** 383\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-your-baby-burns-her-eyes-out/534551 "2015-04-30T10:21:33Z")
Ok, not really, but… Tonight I was at a bbq. There was an open bottle of tobasco sauce on the table. A toddler came up and grabbed it. I was the only adult in the vicinity. I tried to gently coax her to give me the … --- ## [Question about opening credits of "Cheers"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-opening-credits-of-cheers/108366)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2016, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-opening-credits-of-cheers/108366 "2016-02-06T10:23:53Z")
We’ve got a six-week-old baby at our house, so Mrs. Sauron and I have been up a lot at night. I’ve gotten to see a lot of Cheers reruns on Nick at Night. I’ve noticed something odd, though, about the opening credits. If… --- ## [Can you grow taller as an adult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-grow-taller-as-an-adult/438441)
**Author:** [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-grow-taller-as-an-adult/438441 "2017-10-09T23:36:25Z")
When I graduated high school I was 5’ 4.75" measured by a drs office. In 2003, at age 35, I was again measured by a drs office and I was 5’ 5.25". I just got back from a new doctor this morning and I was measured at 5’… --- ## [Child support amounts are grossly unfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-support-amounts-are-grossly-unfair/690478)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-support-amounts-are-grossly-unfair/690478 "2014-10-22T14:20:17Z")
This popped up in my news feed yesterday. Its an article detailing how Halle Berry was ordered to pay her ex-husband, a Canadian model, the sum of $16000 per month for their 6 year old daughter Nahla\*. The cost of rais… --- ## [Police want to search my home in murder investigation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-want-to-search-my-home-in-murder-investigation/517107)
**Author:** [@Logical\_Phallacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logical_Phallacy)\ **Replies:** 366\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-want-to-search-my-home-in-murder-investigation/517107 "2009-12-11T15:50:49Z")
So according to this Toronto Star newspaper article, the local PD is going to be conducting a massive search of my neighborhood looking for a girl whose been missing for over one month. “You will expect a knock at your … --- ## [How to deal with mice behind a gas stove?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-mice-behind-a-gas-stove/683568)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-mice-behind-a-gas-stove/683568 "2017-12-20T03:26:13Z")
Hey all, So… after the mice were kicked out from under the dishwasher, they found a NEW home behind the gas stove. Not good. I’ve cleaned out everything I can reach, and they seem to be somewhere in the small gap behind… --- ## [Gas furnace starts...then stops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-furnace-starts-then-stops/638739)
**Author:** [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-furnace-starts-then-stops/638739 "2016-05-16T05:45:14Z")
Problem started a few days ago. I hear the sound of the furnace starting up, but before the blower comes on, it just stops. It does this every few minutes. I turned the unit off today because I worried about leaving it t… --- ## [Ladies, how long does it take for you to come during oral?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-does-it-take-for-you-to-come-during-oral/258476)
**Author:** [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-does-it-take-for-you-to-come-during-oral/258476 "2004-08-10T02:10:44Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5137929#post5137929 Me: Bouv: I’m asking because a guy in this thread thought it was outrageous that it might take a woman 20 min. to get off. That’s my average … --- ## [1+2+3+4+... = -1/12. In what sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4-1-12-in-what-sense/403329)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-2-3-4-1-12-in-what-sense/403329 "2013-06-29T22:28:16Z")
I am currently reading a book called The Music of the Primes which is about prime numbers and in particular the Riemann Hypothesis. It discusses the work of the Indian mathematician Ramanujan and, almost in passing, ment… --- ## [tomndebb is a genocide denier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-a-genocide-denier/696561)
**Author:** [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-is-a-genocide-denier/696561 "2014-08-30T06:38:17Z")
. Dear The Second Stone, I don’t start Pit threads. Hell, I don’t often start threads of any sort. But hey, I figure I’ll hook you up with a place to complain without all the passive-aggressive bullshit. I’m a helpe… --- ## [Designated Survivor Season Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designated-survivor-season-thread/766556)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designated-survivor-season-thread/766556 "2017-05-03T18:25:18Z")
Pilot is on tonight Sept. 21. On ABC So far it’s really good. Quite an interesting story premise. It’s fascinating to see a regular guy thrust into the role of President. I’m looking forward to the twists in plot as … --- ## [XCOM: Enemy unkown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xcom-enemy-unkown/635679)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 350\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xcom-enemy-unkown/635679 "2013-11-22T04:37:30Z")
It’s only two weeks away! AND a demo is out on Steam right now! I’ve been listening to a bunch of podcast appearances by the lead designer and producer of the game, aside form being extremely personable and fun to list… --- ## [SDMB RPG: Shadows of Arcady](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-shadows-of-arcady/624611)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 564\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rpg-shadows-of-arcady/624611 "2012-11-07T04:22:25Z")
SDMB RPG: Shadows of Arcady Setup Thread Welcome to the play thread for my SDMB play-by-post RPG: Shadows of Arcady, in the vein of the illustrious Fighting Ignorants, the years-long Middle Earth D&D Game and my own, … --- ## [The trashiest thing you have ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trashiest-thing-you-have-ever-seen/576038 "2011-04-22T16:37:06Z")
I want examples of the most outstanding, sterling examples of utter trashiness, and I beseech you, O Dopers, for them. I don’t simply want links to that website of people shopping at Wal-Mart; I need those fleeting, but … --- ## [Is there any reason to believe 2016 won't be a landslide victory for the Democrats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-to-believe-2016-wont-be-a-landslide-victory-for-the-democrats/699737)
**Author:** [@EndlessEntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EndlessEntropy)\ **Replies:** 384\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-to-believe-2016-wont-be-a-landslide-victory-for-the-democrats/699737 "2014-11-13T22:57:51Z")
Just looking at the GOP crop, none of them seem electable and poised to seriously challenge Hillary, Warren or whoever the Dems nominate. --- ## [Is there much chance Obama won't be the next US president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-much-chance-obama-wont-be-the-next-us-president/609024)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-much-chance-obama-wont-be-the-next-us-president/609024 "2012-11-07T16:09:38Z")
I keep hearing about the Republican candidates but I haven’t a clue of Romney or any of them has a real chance of becoming POTUS this year. Is there any real chance Obama will be beaten (and Elendil’s Heir will owe me so… --- ## [Is Borders about to go under?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-borders-about-to-go-under/566387)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 332\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-borders-about-to-go-under/566387 "2011-12-30T18:04:59Z")
According to this story over at gawker.com the signs at Borders are not good: AMong the things that caught their attention, Borders informed book publishers they won’t be able to pay them for a couple of weeks; the gene… --- ## [Random Big Bang Theory quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-big-bang-theory-quotes/775196)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 555\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-big-bang-theory-quotes/775196 "2019-10-05T19:23:51Z")
Here we go again… this time with The Big Bang Theory. Leonard, please don’t take this the wrong way, but the day you win a Nobel Prize is the day I begin my research on the drag coefficient of tassels on flying carpets. … --- ## [Game of Thrones 4.01 "Two Swords" 4/6/14 \[NO SPOILERS - See sticky\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-4-01-two-swords-4-6-14-no-spoilers-see-sticky/685480)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 324\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-4-01-two-swords-4-6-14-no-spoilers-see-sticky/685480 "2014-07-15T15:28:58Z")
Last year’s threads: 3.01 Valar Dohaeris 3.02 Dark Wings, Dark Words 3.03 Walk of Punishment 3.04 And Now His Watch is Ended 3.05 Kissed by fire 3.06 The Climb 3.07 The Bear and the Maiden Fair 3.08 Second Sons 3… --- ## [Dealing with people who want to stare you down and intimidate you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-people-who-want-to-stare-you-down-and-intimidate-you/684506)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-people-who-want-to-stare-you-down-and-intimidate-you/684506 "2016-05-13T21:48:48Z")
When people stare heavily at you in a way in order to try to dominate or to try to intimidate or something like that, I don’t know what my best option is. It is annoying. I feel like to look away is to ‘lose,’ to ‘be les… --- ## [Why are people of African descent such bad swimmers? (Not as racist as you might think)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-of-african-descent-such-bad-swimmers-not-as-racist-as-you-might-think/553218)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-of-african-descent-such-bad-swimmers-not-as-racist-as-you-might-think/553218 "2010-09-14T11:08:09Z")
First off, let me make it clear that blacks are just as smart as white’s, asians, native Americans, etc. But mt B.S. degree was in molecular bio, so I am always wondering about humans. Genetically, race is almost meani… --- ## [I pit my insane/incredibly stupid employee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-insane-incredibly-stupid-employee/607987)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-insane-incredibly-stupid-employee/607987 "2013-12-19T14:37:07Z")
I own my own company. I have employees. I have had numerous stories of insanity through the years. The state trooper calling me after arresting my guy in a case of mistaken identity. The coffee shop worried that someone … --- ## [I pit the statement from the US Embassy in Cairo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-statement-from-the-us-embassy-in-cairo/634432)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 440\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-statement-from-the-us-embassy-in-cairo/634432 "2012-09-21T05:22:11Z")
Here it is. What the fuck? Abuse of free speech? That is the fucking practice of free speech, to say what you damn well please whoever you piss off. That’s what separates us from countries like Egypt. OK, I understand … --- ## ["Patient Abandonment", the law, and refusal to refill prescriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patient-abandonment-the-law-and-refusal-to-refill-prescriptions/617557)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patient-abandonment-the-law-and-refusal-to-refill-prescriptions/617557 "2012-04-08T12:35:51Z")
My general physician very sadly died unexpectedly a few weeks ago (he was a great person as well as doctor and we had an excellent relationship). I have some chronic health problems but my condition has been and remains… --- ## [Qin Shi Huangdi, what is your pupose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-what-is-your-pupose/565562 "2011-11-30T20:13:52Z")
Why are you here on the SDMB? You start lots of threads in GD, yet rarely return to the debate. You start lots of polls in IMHO, for no apparent reason. What do you gain from this? Seriously, I’m bewildered. Some of you… --- ## [Resolved: Happy New MMP 2013!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-happy-new-mmp-2013/645627)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 442\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-happy-new-mmp-2013/645627 "2013-01-07T10:23:05Z")
OK, it’s still Sunday in my time zone, but for some of you, it’s already Monday as I type and others won’t see this until their local Monday, so might as well launch. Like most people I’m acquainted with, New Year’s Eve… --- ## [Ever heard people in the next room having sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-heard-people-in-the-next-room-having-sex/65832)
**Author:** [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-heard-people-in-the-next-room-having-sex/65832 "2001-05-26T03:12:05Z")
Nope, I haven’t. I was talking to my friend yesterday & she said she heard her aunt & uncle going at it the other day & I asked her what it sounds like & she wouldn’t tell me–seemed too embarrassed to say. I don’t think… --- ## [Joy To The World! There's A New MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 418\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joy-to-the-world-theres-a-new-mmp/644999 "2012-12-31T02:21:02Z")
Clever thread title ain’t it! The way I see it, God either has a sense of humor or I’ll get struck by lightnin’. :smiley: Gettin’ struck by lightnin’ is a probability around here today as tstorms are predicted both here … --- ## [Why the "emerging Democratic majority" isn't happening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-emerging-democratic-majority-isnt-happening/711842)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 315\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-emerging-democratic-majority-isnt-happening/711842 "2016-01-16T08:40:12Z")
This from one of the writers who first posited an “emerging Democratic majority” due to demographic change. Another problem for Democrats is that they are becoming increasingly reliant on upper income, socially liber… --- ## [Rocker Ted Nugent threatens to assassinate President Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 341\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocker-ted-nugent-threatens-to-assassinate-president-obama/619089 "2012-05-11T00:58:43Z")
The Secret Service is looking in to it. --- ## [Why have Democrats and Republicans refused to vote on H.R 40 for 25 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-democrats-and-republicans-refused-to-vote-on-h-r-40-for-25-years/689653)
**Author:** [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Replies:** 336\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-democrats-and-republicans-refused-to-vote-on-h-r-40-for-25-years/689653 "2014-06-08T14:20:22Z")
I was listening to NPR a few days ago with Mr. Coates who wrote a piece in The Atlantic regarding reparations. You can listen and/or read the transcript here. In this segment, Mr. Coates mentioned that John Conyers (D… --- ## [Trivia questions which, amazingly, have two answers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 623\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-questions-which-amazingly-have-two-answers/803849 "2026-10-21T01:41:38Z")
I was watching a game show recently (The Chase, which I recommend quite highly, currently available on Netflix), and the question asked was: “What movie actor immediately preceded Jerry Brown as governor of California?” … --- ## [An ongoing list of The Straight Dope's most epic assholes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ongoing-list-of-the-straight-dopes-most-epic-assholes/709753 "2015-07-17T15:53:08Z")
Steophan: For his worship of gun owners who kill people. Smapti: This guy has lots of issues, but we’ll just say an over the top general cowardice. Who else needs to go on this list? --- ## [Fuck You, Prop 8 Supporters! Also: Fuck You, Dishonest News Media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-prop-8-supporters-also-fuck-you-dishonest-news-media/549433)
**Author:** [@Taenia\_spp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taenia_spp)\ **Replies:** 454\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-prop-8-supporters-also-fuck-you-dishonest-news-media/549433 "2010-09-15T04:56:32Z")
After the wave of elation I’ve felt following the Wednesday ruling by a federal judge that struck down Proposition 8 as unconstitutional, I’m starting to feel a wee bit peeved. Proposition 8, for those of you that haven… --- ## [Whatcha Readin' Jan 2013 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-jan-2013-edition/645685)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-jan-2013-edition/645685 "2013-01-31T18:16:52Z")
Happy New Years everyone. Sending out a wish for a safe and happy holiday. (It is a sign of getting old that you say: Wow! Time goes so fast, it seems like 2012 just started.) I am reading Broken Blade by Kelly McCul… --- ## [Prediction: Romney landslide win](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-romney-landslide-win/634655 "2012-11-08T18:20:33Z")
Romney will take over 300 in the EC. You guys have blindered yourselves. You can’t see the forest for the trees. What you perceive as gaffes are not considered as such by most conservatives. It is about anybody but Obam… --- ## [Has Jean Auel (Clan of the Cave Bear) lost it as an author?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-jean-auel-clan-of-the-cave-bear-lost-it-as-an-author/611102)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-jean-auel-clan-of-the-cave-bear-lost-it-as-an-author/611102 "2014-05-23T20:54:12Z")
I hate myself for saying this, and I would be the last person to beat up on an old lady whose writing has given me such pleasure in the past, but does anyone else feel that Jean M. Auel has lost it, especially with her l… --- ## [At what age does someone being a virgin a dealbreaker for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-does-someone-being-a-virgin-a-dealbreaker-for-you/543052)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-does-someone-being-a-virgin-a-dealbreaker-for-you/543052 "2015-05-06T07:57:56Z")
Today I saw a post secret about someone saying they were still a virgin and that they think they’ll always be one. That got me wondering, at what age would being a virgin be a deal breaker. Ok, so you meet this guy/gir… --- ## [So, do Satanic cults exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-satanic-cults-exist/313438)
**Author:** [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-do-satanic-cults-exist/313438 "2014-01-20T03:35:16Z")
This is total friend-of-a-friend territory, but I know someone who was in an intensive group therapy for a few months, and someone in the group claimed to have grown up in a Satanic cult, complete with animal and human s… --- ## [Why is systemic poverty intractable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-systemic-poverty-intractable/676127)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-systemic-poverty-intractable/676127 "2014-02-03T15:34:29Z")
Of all human endeavors, with only possibly politics as a rival, the sphere of human activity we seem to have the least control over is prosperity. There are cities, regions, countries, even continents where under-develop… --- ## [To all the ignorant people out there - stop making the South out to be some unique villain.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-the-ignorant-people-out-there-stop-making-the-south-out-to-be-some-unique-villain/724024)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 455\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-the-ignorant-people-out-there-stop-making-the-south-out-to-be-some-unique-villain/724024 "2015-07-08T13:56:41Z")
As a Southerner by upbringing and a long heritage, I have found it astounding how quickly the rest of the country has turned against the South once again based on the acts of a lone individual. It is as if race based con… --- ## [How do you define being "cut off" while driving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-being-cut-off-while-driving/532914)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-being-cut-off-while-driving/532914 "2015-11-19T00:00:42Z")
Being “cut off” while driving is one of those terms I’ve heard used incessantly, but never bothered to really think about what it means. Out of curiosity I finally googled it up and apparently being “cut off” means simpl… --- ## [More NC Elections Shenanigans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-nc-elections-shenanigans/816256)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 385\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-nc-elections-shenanigans/816256 "2019-11-27T20:18:27Z")
North Carolina’s general assembly has become infamous for its dirty tricks and extremism over the past 8 years. Phil Berger has led the Republicans through this time, and his grip on power seemed so strong that he didn’t… --- ## [I can "pop" my ears at will - unusual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-pop-my-ears-at-will-unusual/506523)
**Author:** [@EdwardLost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EdwardLost)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-pop-my-ears-at-will-unusual/506523 "2018-03-30T06:49:21Z")
I can open my eustachian tubes by flexing some muscles at the back of my jaw. I’m pretty sure that’s what’s happening because I hear a “click” or “snap” sound in my ears and the pressure in my ears equalizes with that in… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=44&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=46&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)