# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=477&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:** 478 --- ## [If Trump wins the White House, will the Mainstream Media admit it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-wins-the-white-house-will-the-mainstream-media-admit-it/766239)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-wins-the-white-house-will-the-mainstream-media-admit-it/766239 "2016-09-21T05:39:37Z")
Just got online tonight and began perusing some of the country’s major news sites to see what was up. Apparently Donald Trump has virtually erased Hillary Clinton’s lead in some of the major polls. Here’s how this fact … --- ## [Movies that don't age well that should have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-dont-age-well-that-should-have/646718)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-dont-age-well-that-should-have/646718 "2013-01-19T21:45:43Z")
Swingers I watched this the other night after not seeing it for a while, and Favreau’s character makes me want to see someone in the movie punch him in the face. He has the most amazing, understanding male friends on t… --- ## [People of male persuasion: What does "no make up" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-male-persuasion-what-does-no-make-up-mean/717555)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-male-persuasion-what-does-no-make-up-mean/717555 "2015-05-12T22:06:39Z")
To you, what does it entail when someone says that a girl is “wearing no make-up”? I am asking specifically males here, as this is intended to be a question about how guys understand the phrase. This is in response to a… --- ## [So what is it about Angie Dickinson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-it-about-angie-dickinson/264098 "2016-07-14T07:27:12Z")
It seems like straight men of my dad’s generation almost uniformly have/had a thing for Angie Dickinson. What’s up with that? Of course she was and is attractive and seems nice enough when I see her on talk shows or in… --- ## [Can You Trademark Your Own Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-trademark-your-own-name/570206)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-trademark-your-own-name/570206 "2011-02-11T20:53:21Z")
Prompted by this: Political Circus: 'Sarah Palin' gets trademarked - CNN.com This is GQ folks so no political slams, overt or covert. \[ul\] \[li\]As a private person, can I trademark my name?\[/li\]\[li\]As a private perso… --- ## [Compelling production of a password, revisited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compelling-production-of-a-password-revisited/589450)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compelling-production-of-a-password-revisited/589450 "2012-02-01T22:11:22Z")
In this GQ thread, among others, we discussed the question of the government requiring a person to provide the password to unencrypt a hard drive that contains (presumably) incriminating information about himself. There… --- ## [Asking This Girl Out After Her Breakup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-this-girl-out-after-her-breakup/658291)
**Author:** [@dnguy0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnguy0)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-this-girl-out-after-her-breakup/658291 "2013-05-16T16:42:37Z")
Eventually a lurker needs to stop lurking and speak. That time is now. I just finished my fourth year at college, will be going back in the fall for my final semester, and I’ve got a bit of a girl problem. One that go… --- ## [do/could a submarine relly breach the surface like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-could-a-submarine-relly-breach-the-surface-like-this/682242)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-could-a-submarine-relly-breach-the-surface-like-this/682242 "2018-05-06T18:42:19Z")
I’ve seen in some shows and cartoons subs surfacing at high speed so that their bow breaks the surface at an angle then crashes back down to rst on the surface (here’s an example: VBC USA Navy Submarine Emergency Blow - … --- ## [Who the hell is enjoying Hagar the Horrible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-enjoying-hagar-the-horrible/739720)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-enjoying-hagar-the-horrible/739720 "2021-03-02T17:27:15Z")
Somehow a few weeks ago it came up betwene my better half than I that “Family Circus” is stupid and unfunny. Later she texted me a picture of the day’s Family Circus with some ironic comment like “Jeffy is SOOO FUNNY!!!… --- ## [Predict how Mitt and Ann will respond to losing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416 "2012-11-04T14:44:03Z")
I wonder what condescending words either will use to characterize their loss next week. Personally, I think Mitt will talk about the loss as an opportunity squandered by the American people who foolishly believed the fra… --- ## [Weird (true!) facts you’ve learned recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-true-facts-you-ve-learned-recently/813266)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-true-facts-you-ve-learned-recently/813266 "2018-05-14T10:22:49Z")
Tiny Tim died onstage in the middle of singing Tiptoe Through the Tulips. --- ## [I'm hard pressed to consider 20-50 year old American women as having been culturally oppressed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hard-pressed-to-consider-20-50-year-old-american-women-as-having-been-culturally-oppressed/508842)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hard-pressed-to-consider-20-50-year-old-american-women-as-having-been-culturally-oppressed/508842 "2009-09-15T23:31:02Z")
I keep bumping into the assertion by some female journalists and authors, that is obviously mean to be taken as a non-debatable hard fact, that American women 50 and younger have been raised in an oppressive cultural an… --- ## [If a man requests, but woman won't have abortion, should he be freed of obligation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-man-requests-but-woman-wont-have-abortion-should-he-be-freed-of-obligation/154209)
**Author:** [@DrLizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLizardo)\ **Replies:** 389\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-man-requests-but-woman-wont-have-abortion-should-he-be-freed-of-obligation/154209 "2003-02-18T12:46:55Z")
So here’s the givens to my question: A woman gets pregnant the old-fashioned way (i.e. horizontal mambo with a man). We’re not talking sperm-banks and in-vitro here. Nor are we talking rape (female or male) or anythin… --- ## [Where are the best places to purchase eyeglasses online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-best-places-to-purchase-eyeglasses-online/612940)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-best-places-to-purchase-eyeglasses-online/612940 "2012-03-04T01:46:45Z")
I need a new pair of glasses, but I keep on not finding the time to go to an optician and have a pair made. But I’ve become increasingly aware that a lot of people are buying glasses online. So where do my fellow Doper… --- ## [Why are men falling behind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-men-falling-behind/601037)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2011, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-men-falling-behind/601037 "2011-11-05T08:27:52Z")
There have been a couple of threads lately that have touched on the change over the last couple of decades in higher education (more men than women are pursuing college, graduate, and professional degrees), employment (I… --- ## [Any post-apocalypse fiction that prominently features bicycles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-post-apocalypse-fiction-that-prominently-features-bicycles/691504)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-post-apocalypse-fiction-that-prominently-features-bicycles/691504 "2014-07-20T20:09:07Z")
It’s a common gripe among post-apocalyptic fiction aficionados that everyone surviving whatever the catastrophe may be, seems to forgot that bicycles exist. They’re (compared to automobiles) low-maintenance, somewhat fas… --- ## [Having sex with fat ugly women, it's easy but harmful...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-sex-with-fat-ugly-women-its-easy-but-harmful/607814)
**Author:** [@RogerDalien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogerDalien)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-sex-with-fat-ugly-women-its-easy-but-harmful/607814 "2012-01-31T04:40:57Z")
A phenomenon not often discussed are the harmful effects of going for that easy lay: having sex with fat ugly women and the hit it can take on a young man’s self-esteem. IT’s the after-effects: the shame and the guilt. … --- ## [Bizarre, Unsolved or Otherwise Infamous True Crime Cases From Your State / Country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-unsolved-or-otherwise-infamous-true-crime-cases-from-your-state-country/847890)
**Author:** [@Kovitlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kovitlac)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-unsolved-or-otherwise-infamous-true-crime-cases-from-your-state-country/847890 "2026-05-14T01:18:13Z")
I’m a big true crime buff, and spend a lot of my time binging on old episodes of Forensic Files or watching Youtubers like Rob Gavagan and Stephanie Harlowe (I’m also gaga for the TV show Criminal Minds!). So share with … --- ## [Calling All Single Mothers By Choice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-single-mothers-by-choice/552490)
**Author:** [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-single-mothers-by-choice/552490 "2010-09-08T20:07:48Z")
I am 33 years old and I have a 5 year plan to 1. Get a good job 2. Lose weight and 3. To have a baby on my own via insemination. I just had an appt with my OB GYN and she gave me a green light healthwise then hinted s… --- ## [Why do my tortillas and English muffins last so much longer than my other bread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-tortillas-and-english-muffins-last-so-much-longer-than-my-other-bread/664006)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-tortillas-and-english-muffins-last-so-much-longer-than-my-other-bread/664006 "2013-07-21T06:42:16Z")
Thread title says it all. I buy a loaf of bread and it goes moldy faster than I can eat it. I buy a package of flour tortillas or English mufins and they last forever and remain edible. What is the difference here? --- ## [Old Movies and Memories - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movies-and-memories-chitty-chitty-bang-bang/532710)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movies-and-memories-chitty-chitty-bang-bang/532710 "2010-03-27T16:36:51Z")
Warning! Old Fart rambling about stuff! I recently started looking at the stack of movies I inherited from my parents. In her last few years mom had gravitated towards either the very familiar, the very lightweight, o… --- ## [Nikolai Tesla](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikolai-tesla/563716)
**Author:** [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikolai-tesla/563716 "2010-12-30T22:36:39Z")
Greetings good people, can anyone understand and explain Tesla’s unusual theories concerning large scale/continental power distribution? As I understand it the theory involved low frequency/very high power transmitters… --- ## [Sick of the term "atheist", is there a better alternative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-of-the-term-atheist-is-there-a-better-alternative/372831)
**Author:** [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-of-the-term-atheist-is-there-a-better-alternative/372831 "2016-11-22T14:16:00Z")
No wonder no one likes athiests, the very word basically says I am anti-god. Its like calling oneself “everyoneisanidiotexceptme” and expecting to win friends and influence people. Not only does the term extend a nasty… --- ## [The stories you tell!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stories-you-tell/600447)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stories-you-tell/600447 "2012-02-08T01:56:49Z")
This ever happen to you? You have a story to tell, that while it is absolutely 100% true, the details are so outrageous, that people think you are adding to the tale to make it more interesting or something. I have two… --- ## [The State Fair - a Minnesota MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-state-fair-a-minnesota-mmp/370483)
**Author:** [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Replies:** 398\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-state-fair-a-minnesota-mmp/370483 "2006-09-04T11:02:09Z")
(Sorry this is early… no time on Monday mornings!) The Minnesota State Fair (and many other state fairs I’m sure) is a rather different experience. I’ve been to county fairs before, but a state fair was an entirely new… --- ## [centimeters / sonometers are both pronunciations still correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centimeters-sonometers-are-both-pronunciations-still-correct/543668)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centimeters-sonometers-are-both-pronunciations-still-correct/543668 "2016-01-10T18:18:11Z")
My mom was a RN Nurse for ten years and then a Nurse Anesthetist for 35 years. She always says sonometers instead of centimeters. Are new people in the medical field still taught to pronounce it that way? Is there any … --- ## [Donald Trump and the Doomsday clock. What time will it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-doomsday-clock-what-time-will-it-be/775821)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-doomsday-clock-what-time-will-it-be/775821 "2017-08-11T04:46:55Z")
Since 1947, every year in January the hands on the doomsday clock are moved closer to or further from midnight. Midnight being doomsday. In 2012, it was set to 5 minutes to midnight because of the nuclear threat Kim … --- ## ["Acting white" damage control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acting-white-damage-control/403691)
**Author:** [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acting-white-damage-control/403691 "2007-05-15T23:16:17Z")
It seems finally official that the mainstream media (and mainstream American) line is that black American youth insult each other for being academically successful by saying they’re “acting white”. Thus, I’ll do my part… --- ## [share you favorite sex related joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-favorite-sex-related-joke/657672)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-favorite-sex-related-joke/657672 "2013-05-12T17:06:03Z")
NSFW and spoiler tags as appropriate --- ## [In the UK, Does Public Funding for Dialysis Patients Get Cut Off at Age 65?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-uk-does-public-funding-for-dialysis-patients-get-cut-off-at-age-65/615776)
**Author:** [@socrtwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/socrtwo)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-uk-does-public-funding-for-dialysis-patients-get-cut-off-at-age-65/615776 "2012-03-17T18:13:42Z")
I have a friend who went through a very painful and inconvenient five years of dialysis. He was finally able to get a donor kidney and his life has been much better since then. He heard a story that the British under th… --- ## [Text Messaging DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-messaging-doesnt-work-that-way/616684)
**Author:** [@FirstLoser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FirstLoser)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-messaging-doesnt-work-that-way/616684 "2012-03-27T20:54:45Z")
I must preface this by stating that we have the cheapest, most basic Verizon cell phone plan…with the cheapest, most basic phones you can get. Other plans/phones may work differently. Me via text: I need to know where… --- ## [Things you've seen that actually made your jaw drop.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-seen-that-actually-made-your-jaw-drop/54187)
**Author:** [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-seen-that-actually-made-your-jaw-drop/54187 "2001-02-21T17:00:23Z")
I was walking on campus one day with a friend. About 20 feet in front of us was another guy walking. I go to an urban school and there are pigeons all over the place. Well there was a pigeon ahead in front of this guy. W… --- ## [What Would Be The Worst Case Scenario For The Euro](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-worst-case-scenario-for-the-euro/604226)
**Author:** [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-worst-case-scenario-for-the-euro/604226 "2011-12-05T14:14:55Z")
I know there have been a few threads about the Euro and I will also admit, understanding the finance is not my strong point. But I was reading how if Italy has any more problems it will be fatal to the Euro and cause a … --- ## [Cindy McCain is truly an awful human being](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain-is-truly-an-awful-human-being/453868)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-mccain-is-truly-an-awful-human-being/453868 "2008-07-31T16:40:44Z")
I don’t know why Michelle Obama is getting such a hard time in the media, when Cindy McCain is fucking scum. She is a drug addict piece of shit that stole from a charity to get her fix. Fuck her. --- ## [People Who May/May Have Been Agnostics/Atheists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-may-may-have-been-agnostics-atheists/551801)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-may-may-have-been-agnostics-atheists/551801 "2010-09-03T11:45:50Z")
Who are some notable people who kept a veneer or religion but actually may have been agnostics or atheists? For instance among the Presidents of the United States I’ve read speculation (in a sane forum not conspiracy the… --- ## [Updating Harry Stein's Ethnic Team Lists (Esquire, 1976)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-harry-steins-ethnic-team-lists-esquire-1976/347977)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-harry-steins-ethnic-team-lists-esquire-1976/347977 "2016-08-21T23:21:51Z")
In 1977 The Book of Lists printed “Harry Stein’s All-Time All-Star Argument Starter (5 Ethnic Baseball Teams),” which had been printed in Esquire the year before. This included the Latins, the Poles, the Jews, the Black… --- ## [Why not stick with daylight savings time all year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-stick-with-daylight-savings-time-all-year/559445)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-stick-with-daylight-savings-time-all-year/559445 "2012-10-29T15:55:10Z")
It seems every year we’re delaying the switch back to standard time … And when Wendi finally switch it’ll be that suicide inducing phase of being dark at both 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. And then in the spring again a week or two… --- ## [In dreams, is flying always like swimming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-dreams-is-flying-always-like-swimming/367372)
**Author:** [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-dreams-is-flying-always-like-swimming/367372 "2023-07-14T20:25:22Z")
Inspired by this thread. When I have flying dreams, it is an awful lot like swimming, except much harder. I often dream that I can only fly pretty much straight up, but Ihave to push against the air like I do water whe… --- ## [Bad Santa appreciation thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-appreciation-thread/565009)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-appreciation-thread/565009 "2019-12-23T06:37:49Z")
What the hell. With Christmas only a few days away I thought we could discuss this movie. So list your favorite scenes, quotes, etc. from this holiday classic. I’ll start off by quoting one of my favorite scenes: --- ## [The environmental movement, and its irrational fear of nuclear energy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-environmental-movement-and-its-irrational-fear-of-nuclear-energy/386827)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-environmental-movement-and-its-irrational-fear-of-nuclear-energy/386827 "2011-08-18T14:13:55Z")
Global warming, like many of the vast and seemingly intractable problems that confront us, actually has an easy answer, one staring us in the face, in fact. It’s called nuclear energy. We know it works, we know the iss… --- ## [So called Armenian genocide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-called-armenian-genocide/304730)
**Author:** [@sfTruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sfTruth)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-called-armenian-genocide/304730 "2005-07-15T23:08:53Z")
So called Armenian genocide Cecil I can not understand how you can make such a mistake. You can look at the census records which were conducted by the French and saw that there were about 1.2 million Armenians living i… --- ## ["I have a headache"="I want sex." Black is white, up is down ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-headache-i-want-sex-black-is-white-up-is-down/161196)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-headache-i-want-sex-black-is-white-up-is-down/161196 "2003-03-16T22:26:09Z")
I’m confused, and I’m vacillating between angry and dumbfounded. I’m hoping somebody else can help me out here, and work me through this. My wife and I were talking via e-mail today about various and sundry topics when … --- ## [What is the largest city in your country, that you have not been to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191)
**Author:** [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-largest-city-in-your-country-that-you-have-not-been-to/695191 "2014-08-15T16:26:58Z")
Having come by chance upon the IMHO thread (commenced 06-05-2014) “How Many of the 20 Largest Cities in your Country have you been to?” – I’m moved to start a thread which (see title) is a variant on that. My country is… --- ## [Can people really sense if someone is staring at them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-people-really-sense-if-someone-is-staring-at-them/193682)
**Author:** [@menudomucho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/menudomucho)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-people-really-sense-if-someone-is-staring-at-them/193682 "2003-09-05T22:11:47Z")
Dear Cecil and teeming millions, My friends and I have been trying to figure out if people can truly sense if someone is staring at them. Both supporting and skeptical sources admit that the feeling of being stared at i… --- ## [What is the purpose of the spray of water in competitive diving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-spray-of-water-in-competitive-diving/459922)
**Author:** [@Duggy\_Fizzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duggy_Fizzle)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-spray-of-water-in-competitive-diving/459922 "2008-08-16T21:16:00Z")
I’ve wondered about this for years. In major diving competitions there is always water spraying out of a spout, landing in proximity to where the divers hit the water. Its not much of a spray, looks to be less than from … --- ## [Economist Debate: Is TSA worth the cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economist-debate-is-tsa-worth-the-cost/617377)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economist-debate-is-tsa-worth-the-cost/617377 "2012-04-06T01:19:31Z")
In the Economist news, there is a forum called Economist Debates. It has a debate (archived on Mar 23) on the effectiveness of airline security and the effectiveness of the TSA (especially as it extends worldwide). See: … --- ## [Will you pronounce your screen name please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-pronounce-your-screen-name-please/450789 "2008-06-04T17:43:20Z")
Some people on the boards have easy pronouncable screen names. Like John Mace, Shayna and Rick. But others have names that are a little weird to pronounce in my mind when I read them like Qadgop the Mercotan or \*\* Eonwe… --- ## [Boy, sure is rape culture around here lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-sure-is-rape-culture-around-here-lately/821876)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-sure-is-rape-culture-around-here-lately/821876 "2018-09-27T04:50:15Z")
I’ve been thinking about making this thread for a while, because I’ve been following the massive thread on Kavanaugh, and holy fucking shit is it rapey in there! Not sure how to best put my thoughts on it, but it’s a goo… --- ## [TV and movie plot cliches that really annoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-and-movie-plot-cliches-that-really-annoy/483362)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-and-movie-plot-cliches-that-really-annoy/483362 "2009-02-05T15:04:58Z")
I just saw an ad for The Closer and they are using one of the most tired plot cliches that ever existed. Brenda is going to get married…or WILL SHE??? ARGH! I don’t even watch that show, but no more of this ‘there’s a… --- ## [Terminal velocity of Little Boy, and Enola Gay's speed, August 6, 1945.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminal-velocity-of-little-boy-and-enola-gays-speed-august-6-1945/612952)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminal-velocity-of-little-boy-and-enola-gays-speed-august-6-1945/612952 "2012-06-26T22:51:14Z")
I recently saw a documentary featuring Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the B29 (Enola Gay) which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Paul Tibbets (Gen, USAF Ret.) stated he dropped the bomb and immediately turned, exiti… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=476&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=478&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)