# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=492&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:** 493 --- ## [You might need that one day.....hoarding.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-need-that-one-day-hoarding/627280)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-need-that-one-day-hoarding/627280 "2013-03-09T22:38:22Z")
Now let me preface this by saying I’m NOT a hoarder. I have lots of other quirks and faults, but hoarding isn’t one of them. But my SO…geez. Going through a basket of miscellaneous crap the other day to do a chuck-out… --- ## [If your wife/girlfriend became pregnant by another man would you keep the child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-wife-girlfriend-became-pregnant-by-another-man-would-you-keep-the-child/288141)
**Author:** [@Roland\_Deschain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Deschain)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-wife-girlfriend-became-pregnant-by-another-man-would-you-keep-the-child/288141 "2010-07-24T20:43:45Z")
If I believed that she was sincerely sorry for having cheated and not inclined to repeat the behavior I think that I would. I have a friend who’s wife did become prenant in this manner and he wants to save the marriage … --- ## [The End of the Road...An Island MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-road-an-island-mmp/454751)
**Author:** [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Replies:** 414\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-road-an-island-mmp/454751 "2008-07-07T04:06:29Z")
I haven’t been out to the end of the road at Monashka Bay since last autumn, so when I was offered the opportunity, I jumped on it. Driving out past Ft. Abercrombie and through the edge of the forest is always fun, and t… --- ## [Severe teacher shortage situation in America right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-teacher-shortage-situation-in-america-right-now/969091)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 280\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-teacher-shortage-situation-in-america-right-now/969091 "2022-10-04T22:30:30Z")
The U.S. is facing a severe shortage of teachers at the moment. Lots of reasons touted for this - the public’s lack of respect for teachers, political/LGBT battles, unsatisfactory pay, etc. --- ## [Incendiary Pigs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incendiary-pigs/267650)
**Author:** [@pung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pung)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incendiary-pigs/267650 "2005-01-28T17:13:08Z")
I’ve been playing a lot of Rome: Total War. http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/589390.asp One of units in the game have intrigued me: Incendiary Pigs Their use in the game is to spook war elephants. The pigs are … --- ## [The worst things in the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849 "2010-09-18T23:03:55Z")
When somebody rides an escalator all the way to the top or bottom and steps off and just stops. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERSE. GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY. When comedians turn self-righteous. STFU and tell … --- ## [Gun Nuts Attack Gun Nut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nuts-attack-gun-nut/393494)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 294\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nuts-attack-gun-nut/393494 "2007-03-06T01:01:14Z")
Here is the article. Basically, a man who has been doing lectures and television shows about hunting happened to mention in his blog that military assault rifles were not for hunting, but for terrorists. "Zumbo’s fame,… --- ## [Female Dopers: How do you masturbate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-how-do-you-masturbate/484048)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-how-do-you-masturbate/484048 "2009-02-09T06:27:30Z")
Okay, I hope I’ve started enough “normal” threads over the years not to be called out as some sweaty middle aged sicko for starting this kind of thread. Ways that women masturbate came up in the long fingernail thread. I… --- ## [Debate Newsweek's 2010 Politics Predictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debate-newsweeks-2010-politics-predictions/522947)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debate-newsweeks-2010-politics-predictions/522947 "2015-07-13T22:23:27Z")
Here. 10. Democrats Steal Texas Governor’s Mansion. Ultraconservative Pub incumbent Rick Perry battles it out with moderate Kay Bailey Hutchinson for the nomination. It’s so bloody and vituperative that, while Perry … --- ## [Can enough helium filled balloons make you leap to great heights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-enough-helium-filled-balloons-make-you-leap-to-great-heights/191844)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-enough-helium-filled-balloons-make-you-leap-to-great-heights/191844 "2003-08-05T16:37:38Z")
We’ve all heard the story of the guy who used a lawn chair to soar quite high, I’m wondering if you could use balloons to magnify your jumping height. I would think not. If you use too much helium, you just float, use to… --- ## [Insulting a Judge = Jail time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-a-judge-jail-time/651722)
**Author:** [@hussle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hussle)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-a-judge-jail-time/651722 "2013-03-05T15:31:09Z")
Hello, Some of you may have seen the clip where someone who is in court is walking away after his case has been heard, and calls the Judge a “cock”. He mumbles this under his breath as he is walking away, however the J… --- ## [The Sandman TV Show thread (See OP for spoiler policy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sandman-tv-show-thread-see-op-for-spoiler-policy/969145)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sandman-tv-show-thread-see-op-for-spoiler-policy/969145 "2024-10-02T05:36:23Z")
Continuing the discussion from The Sandman trailer - upd, now on Netflix: I think there’s more in favour of a new thread than continuing there, so let’s do that. It was suggested no spoilers for this first week, which … --- ## [I’ve joined a gym… now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-joined-a-gym-now-what/568927)
**Author:** [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-joined-a-gym-now-what/568927 "2011-01-31T15:40:22Z")
In an effort to be less of a Big Fat Pie, I’ve joined a gym. It’s a ‘no frills’ gym that doesn’t have a contract periods, just a monthly payment, and is pretty cheap. It’s halfway between my work and my house, and looks … --- ## [How does 'promotion' work in the military?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-promotion-work-in-the-military/540605)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-promotion-work-in-the-military/540605 "2010-05-26T02:33:22Z")
Lately I’ve been busy reviewing ‘promotion packages’ for people applying for promotion here at the University (from assistant prof to associate, and from associate to full). Having been doing this for some years now, I c… --- ## [what is your ONE favorite film of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-one-favorite-film-of-all-time/525768)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-one-favorite-film-of-all-time/525768 "2010-01-24T17:46:52Z")
I’ve been following a similar thread elsewhere and have been very amused at the inability of the posters to cite just a single movie. The vast majority listed more than one, some as many as 10 or 15. :smiley: And they we… --- ## [Banning Dangerous Sports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-dangerous-sports/596736)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-dangerous-sports/596736 "2011-09-28T02:13:07Z")
After the incident during the Reno Air Races there have been calls to ban the sport because of the dangers involved. This is heard every time an accident occurs at any dangerous sporting event, questions are asked after … --- ## [What song is this? (wooo woooo wooo woooooo)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-this-wooo-woooo-wooo-woooooo/406665)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-this-wooo-woooo-wooo-woooooo/406665 "2007-06-07T02:45:08Z")
There is a song that’s been playing on the radio that I’ve been trying to find on iTunes, but I don’t know the title, or the lyrics. It has a very distinctive beginning, though. For several seconds, someone is singing … --- ## [Roman Polanski Redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-redux/788618)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-polanski-redux/788618 "2024-03-13T23:46:48Z")
Samantha Geimer, the victim, is pleading for the court to end the sex assault case against Roman Polanski. She is asking the judge to either sentence him to the six weeks he already served, or just dismiss it outright. … --- ## [What part of a car is a vacuum pump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-a-car-is-a-vacuum-pump/591580)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-part-of-a-car-is-a-vacuum-pump/591580 "2011-08-06T23:16:10Z")
And what does it do? I drive a 2005 BMW 3:18ci, I went to an approved dealership to get my aircon regassed. Whilst there, they gave my car a “complimentary health check”. During this procedure they determined that I ne… --- ## [Why do reluctant women in arranged marraiges end up perpetuating it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-reluctant-women-in-arranged-marraiges-end-up-perpetuating-it/666454)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-reluctant-women-in-arranged-marraiges-end-up-perpetuating-it/666454 "2013-08-24T04:59:00Z")
This article today in Slate.com brought to something I’ve always wondered about societies that practice this type of thing. I know that in India, this sort of thing is still common enough to shock us wild and crazy Amer… --- ## ["Scientists say dolphins should be treated as 'non-human persons'"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-say-dolphins-should-be-treated-as-non-human-persons/523936)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-say-dolphins-should-be-treated-as-non-human-persons/523936 "2011-12-03T00:06:43Z")
"Dolphins have been declared the world’s second most intelligent creatures after humans, with scientists suggesting they are so bright that they should be treated as “non-human persons”. Studies into dolphin behaviour… --- ## [What was the most useless class you took in college?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-useless-class-you-took-in-college/581162)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-useless-class-you-took-in-college/581162 "2011-05-15T20:07:15Z")
What was the most useless class you took in college? I’d have to say chemistry. I had it in high school and two courses in college. Twenty years later. I remember acids, bases, and salts. Those hundreds of hours I spe… --- ## [Anybody Ever Really Use This Torture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-really-use-this-torture/145500)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-really-use-this-torture/145500 "2003-01-01T14:16:07Z")
Back in high school, my history teacher claimed that one of the Japanese tortures was to insert a glass rod into a man’s urethra, and then hit his penis with a hammer. (Obligatory :eek: ) Sounded plausible then, but no… --- ## [Are comics sexist? Or just sexy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-comics-sexist-or-just-sexy/411478)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-comics-sexist-or-just-sexy/411478 "2007-07-21T06:52:35Z")
There are a ton of blogs out there be female comics fans and various stripes of SNAGs that complain that comics are too sexist, with their wasp-waisted heroines with enormous breasts wearing latex bodysuits that do nothi… --- ## [Don't worry, Roe v. Wade is never getting overturned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-roe-v-wade-is-never-getting-overturned/913683)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-roe-v-wade-is-never-getting-overturned/913683 "2023-03-30T18:45:48Z")
I am convinced that the conservative powers that be have no interest in overturning Roe v. Wade. Overturning it would give a great deal of single issue voters no reason to vote Republican anymore. Republicans could pac… --- ## [Are Xians stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-xians-stupid/388057)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-xians-stupid/388057 "2007-01-22T12:45:20Z")
In a word, No. The question “Are Xians stupid?” is stupid, though, because it’s needlessly provocative. I used to have a father-in-law who, regularly as Old Faithful, would explode at me because I sometimes disagreed … --- ## [The most unreasonable request that's been made of you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-unreasonable-request-thats-been-made-of-you/402421)
**Author:** [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-unreasonable-request-thats-been-made-of-you/402421 "2007-05-11T18:17:10Z")
Mine is pretty mild as things go. Several years ago a fairly good friend of mine were really into buying and selling clothes on eBay. She was very needy, very competitive and, as I later found out through experience, had… --- ## [LOTR - What if Shelob had killed Frodo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-what-if-shelob-had-killed-frodo/613433)
**Author:** [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-what-if-shelob-had-killed-frodo/613433 "2012-02-29T02:26:56Z")
so - How would the story have played out with Sam as ultimate rign-bearer? --- ## [A reminiscent MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-reminiscent-mmp/540525)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-reminiscent-mmp/540525 "2010-05-31T04:25:48Z")
I participated in another thread that reminded me of my childhood. The free and easy times, when we ran wild all over the place on our bikes. I remember a specific time when we rode through the city in the drainage bay… --- ## [Mad-Men: 7.10 "The Forecast" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-7-10-the-forecast-open-spoilers/718080)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-7-10-the-forecast-open-spoilers/718080 "2015-04-25T19:58:18Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Roger pawns off a project on Don; Joan goes on a business trip; Peggy and Pete cannot agree on how to deal with an account. \[/QUOTE\] Joan on a business trip should be interesting; though anything would be … --- ## [Z Nation - Did anyone watch this? \[spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-nation-did-anyone-watch-this-spoilers/698437)
**Author:** [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/z-nation-did-anyone-watch-this-spoilers/698437 "2015-11-16T04:50:27Z")
So, I watched this, and it’s pretty terrible so far. The dialogue is terribly clunky and the plot is basically stolen from any number of pandemic stories (the Last Ship had a story arc which was a smushed down version o… --- ## [John Edwards is a very impressive Presidential candidate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-edwards-is-a-very-impressive-presidential-candidate/391017)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-edwards-is-a-very-impressive-presidential-candidate/391017 "2007-02-24T02:43:05Z")
Don’t agree with all his positions, but he handled himself very, very well in the interview with Tim Russert on Sunday. He’s smart and he’s pretty. If he doesn’t step on his own tail he could well be the next President o… --- ## ['The name or password you entered is not correct' Why not narrow it down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-or-password-you-entered-is-not-correct-why-not-narrow-it-down/546668)
**Author:** [@Anachronism](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anachronism)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-or-password-you-entered-is-not-correct-why-not-narrow-it-down/546668 "2010-07-16T14:13:47Z")
:mad: This is almost a pit rant but I am curious if there is a factual answer to this. There have been many times I have wasted time trying to figure out if I even had the right user name and eventually had to wait until… --- ## [The last stage of bipolar disorder is not suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-stage-of-bipolar-disorder-is-not-suicide/695767)
**Author:** [@Cognoscant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cognoscant)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-stage-of-bipolar-disorder-is-not-suicide/695767 "2015-01-27T01:11:53Z")
Since Robin Williams’ death I have been ripped apart inside. I am not a world-renowned comedian, or award-winning actor, I am only a data analyst and a small cog in a wheel that few people here would know. Yet there is… --- ## [American Exceptionalism: Fair and Balanced.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-exceptionalism-fair-and-balanced/718420)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-exceptionalism-fair-and-balanced/718420 "2015-05-07T10:54:55Z")
Off the top of my head anyway, “American Exceptionalism” seems to be a justification for admitting or omitting certain things from school curriculums, among other things. Well, is American Exceptionalism a bare assertio… --- ## [The ongoing problem with misogyny on the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ongoing-problem-with-misogyny-on-the-sdmb/825395)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ongoing-problem-with-misogyny-on-the-sdmb/825395 "2018-12-09T20:03:00Z")
Is there any way to put a halt to the continual hijacking of the subject of female genital mutilation, the most recent example being the current thread on Female Genital Mutilation in The BBQ Pit? I’m not usually one for… --- ## [Beat my relative cooking story.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-my-relative-cooking-story/655840)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-my-relative-cooking-story/655840 "2013-04-22T03:38:00Z")
I consider myself a pretty good home chef. Not professional and I would like to go to a cooking class to get some chops but everyone I cook for likes my food. My SIL on the other hand … She scrubbed my cast iron with … --- ## [Personality tests when job hunting...WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-tests-when-job-hunting-wtf/657730)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-tests-when-job-hunting-wtf/657730 "2013-05-13T01:13:32Z")
I remember when I was still in high school looking for a part time job at the mall or wherever a lot of places had you take their 7,000 question “personality test” before they would consider interviewing you. Generally s… --- ## [Asian cultures and feminine thinness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asian-cultures-and-feminine-thinness/551758)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asian-cultures-and-feminine-thinness/551758 "2010-08-31T12:01:49Z")
I’m starting this thread so I can stop hijacking this thread: Nail salon bills heavy customers more because of the risk of broken chairs - is this reasonable? - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board A few p… --- ## [Why are so many SDMB users BANNED?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-sdmb-users-banned/716416)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-sdmb-users-banned/716416 "2015-04-05T23:19:21Z")
At the risk of becoming a statistic, how is it so many users here are banned? Looking at their posts rarely reveals an obvious reason. And plenty of them seem to be banned very quickly after creation. --- ## [A pitting for Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 370\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-for-paul-was-in-saudi/946791 "2023-04-22T16:52:21Z")
For his performance in the Why don’t liberals and Democrats fully embrace atheism? thread, starting here: I’m not going to quote any more than that, there’s too much to quote and you can go over there and read it. His … --- ## [Unsolved mysteries and murders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsolved-mysteries-and-murders/810443)
**Author:** [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsolved-mysteries-and-murders/810443 "2026-07-10T03:15:51Z")
the Walker County Jane Doe is one I wish Robert Stack had done a segment on. She looks so young in her post mortem pics :frowning: I wonder who she was trying to meet at the prison? --- ## [How well regarded is Zahi Hawass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-regarded-is-zahi-hawass/543956)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-regarded-is-zahi-hawass/543956 "2012-08-27T19:19:15Z")
Just went to the Cleopatra exhibit in Philadelphia. Of course Zahi Hawass appears in the presentation. He is obviously good at getting in front of a camera. He is very good at being a spokesman. How well regarded is he … --- ## [What were Kurt Cobain's illnesses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-kurt-cobains-illnesses/214643)
**Author:** [@Kurdt\_Kobain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kurdt_Kobain)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-kurt-cobains-illnesses/214643 "2014-06-22T15:28:08Z")
Hello, I recently picked up a book called Heavier than Heaven, which is a biography about Kurt Cobain. It detailed how he experinced stomach trouble for a lot of his life. Does anyone know what stomach problem Cobain h… --- ## [What is the worst/most damaging rumor spread about you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-most-damaging-rumor-spread-about-you/290081)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-most-damaging-rumor-spread-about-you/290081 "2005-02-20T16:16:35Z")
When I was in high school some people spread a rumor that I was going to blow up my High School :wally . That year really sucked… :frowning: Having no friends at the time didn’t help either since there was nobody to sti… --- ## [My brother-in-law is making jokes about divorcing my baby sister on facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-in-law-is-making-jokes-about-divorcing-my-baby-sister-on-facebook/498160)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-in-law-is-making-jokes-about-divorcing-my-baby-sister-on-facebook/498160 "2009-06-03T22:11:04Z")
That isn’t what I wanted to type in the subject line, of course. I wanted to write my fucking no-good asshole insensitve brother-in-law whom I will beat with a tire iron the thext time I see him is making jokes about le… --- ## [Stoning - what actually kills the person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoning-what-actually-kills-the-person/689452)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2014, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoning-what-actually-kills-the-person/689452 "2014-05-29T06:26:41Z")
Muslim honor killings often involve stoning. This recent storyhad me wondering what actually killed the unfortunate woman. I wouldn’t expect stones to penetrate the body cavity like a bullet. Wouldn’t the vital organs b… --- ## [Girl-girl exception to monogamy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-girl-exception-to-monogamy/676296)
**Author:** [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-girl-exception-to-monogamy/676296 "2013-12-23T21:50:34Z")
So I was talking to my wife and she said there’s a girl-girl exception to monogamy: if a the female half of a (heterosexual) couple is with another girl, it isn’t really cheating. I mean, I know it’s not like if she was… --- ## [Holocaust Denial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holocaust-denial/843762)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holocaust-denial/843762 "2023-02-19T02:59:07Z")
I put it in Great Debates, because I assume it will spark one. But why do white supremacists almost always deny the Holocaust? I don’t need a cite. And I say “almost always”. But in reality, I never saw one who didn’t. … --- ## [The Welfare Queen, Redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welfare-queen-redux/782796)
**Author:** [@OsageOrange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OsageOrange)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-welfare-queen-redux/782796 "2020-02-18T21:06:02Z")
I don’t know about anybody else, but I’m getting sick and tired of all poor people getting treated like shit just because they’re poor. Back in the eighties, the myth of the “Welfare Queen” made people start thinking th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=491&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=493&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)