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**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-contrivances-that-annoy/689911 "2014-08-15T03:23:32Z")
Living in New York there was one thing that always bothered me when I saw it in the movies. The existence of the High Speed Chase Taxi Company. Headquartered in Manhattan with offices in every major city across the globe… --- ## [Basic facts you learned late in life that you didn't really know.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-facts-you-learned-late-in-life-that-you-didnt-really-know/529711)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 371\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-facts-you-learned-late-in-life-that-you-didnt-really-know/529711 "2010-05-12T15:26:29Z")
At the age of 38, I just now learned for the first time that I’ve been completely and totally wrong about what the placenta is. I thought it was the membrane that surrounds a fetus, but apparently it’s like a temporar… --- ## [An Impatient MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 390\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156 "2013-01-21T17:31:23Z")
Sorry - got tired of waiting. I saw that \*\*Spidey \*\*was drafted to start us off today but it’s 6:30! Yes, I’m chronically early, overly prompt, and aggravated that the rest of the world isn’t like me. I consider waiti… --- ## [18,000 Palestinians are starving. Will Europe explode in protest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-000-palestinians-are-starving-will-europe-explode-in-protest/695094)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18-000-palestinians-are-starving-will-europe-explode-in-protest/695094 "2014-08-15T13:35:38Z")
The desperate residents of a besieged district of Damascus are expected to run out of food on Sunday, leaving 18,000 people facing starvation and leading relief agencies to declare the crisis “unprecedented in living m… --- ## [Defeat the Akinator!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defeat-the-akinator/598724)
**Author:** [@George\_Kaplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Kaplin)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defeat-the-akinator/598724 "2015-12-07T05:14:21Z")
Akinator is an AI which guesses fictional and real-life characters. It’s remarkably tough to beat, and, consequently, is horrendously addictive. Seriously, you’ve gotta try this fucking thing. It’s just flat-out amazi… --- ## [When would I manually shift gears with my automatic transmission?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-would-i-manually-shift-gears-with-my-automatic-transmission/628711)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-would-i-manually-shift-gears-with-my-automatic-transmission/628711 "2016-12-18T16:09:06Z")
Like most (all?) people, I put my car in “D” and go about my driving business. But next to the big D, there’s a “3 2 1”. Are there any good situations to use them? I can kind of (maybe) see the usefulness of first gea… --- ## [Don't we have an obligation as a society to look at ways to curb gun violence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-we-have-an-obligation-as-a-society-to-look-at-ways-to-curb-gun-violence/641871)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-we-have-an-obligation-as-a-society-to-look-at-ways-to-curb-gun-violence/641871 "2012-12-22T00:49:09Z")
Is is possible to ask that question without being accused of being anti-liberty? Is it possible to answer that question with something other than “automatic weapons for all, concealed carry everywhere” without being acc… --- ## [Blade Runner-What does the ending mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blade-runner-what-does-the-ending-mean/30942)
**Author:** [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blade-runner-what-does-the-ending-mean/30942 "2013-10-23T19:45:52Z")
Maybe I’m not that bright, which I’m not, but what was the end of Blade Runner the Directors Cut all about? I take it of course that it means that Harrison Ford is a replicant- The police officer leaves an origami unicor… --- ## [Pitting Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 1133\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074 "2026-06-26T22:29:26Z")
Just pay the goddamn tip or don’t use the service you cheapass piece of shit. Don’t start a whole thread just to try and justify screwing over delivery drivers because they’re the only people you can screw. Funny how … --- ## [Shutting off my main water valve will cause my hot water heater to fail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shutting-off-my-main-water-valve-will-cause-my-hot-water-heater-to-fail/587150)
**Author:** [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shutting-off-my-main-water-valve-will-cause-my-hot-water-heater-to-fail/587150 "2022-12-22T06:44:14Z")
That’s what my friend claims, and I’m reluctant to shut off my main water valve unless I find out that he’s wrong. Help! We’re going to go on vacation for a couple of weeks, and I’d planned to shut off the main water va… --- ## [Advice columnist: Trump raped me in a fitting room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-columnist-trump-raped-me-in-a-fitting-room/836042)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 551\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-columnist-trump-raped-me-in-a-fitting-room/836042 "2020-01-31T18:40:07Z")
E. Jean Carroll of Elle magazine’s “Ask E. Jean” told CNN that Donald Trump raped her in a fitting room at Bergdorf Goodman in the mid-1990s. So what are we going to do about this? This is just life now, isn’t it? --- ## [Why Is the Skin Peeling Off the Bottom of My Feet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-skin-peeling-off-the-bottom-of-my-feet/689708)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-skin-peeling-off-the-bottom-of-my-feet/689708 "2014-06-01T06:25:34Z")
This just started up this year, and I can’t figure out why, though on a certain level I’m tempted to file it under “getting older, weird stuff happens.” It initially started around the callus on my heels. At first I th… --- ## [Botticelli, Aug. 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 510\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2011/591030 "2011-09-05T02:48:18Z")
Previous thread: Botticelli, July 2011 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board The letter is “M.” Have at it! --- ## [July mini rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 438\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887 "2016-08-01T12:24:15Z")
Semi-boneless. WTF? I was going to buy some New York Strip Steaks, on sale for $5.99 a pound. Then I saw they were advertised as “semi-boneless”. I thought it was binary. Meat with bones, meat without bones. Semi-bon… --- ## [Friend was fired 'cause she's involved w/a sex offender. What do I say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-was-fired-cause-shes-involved-w-a-sex-offender-what-do-i-say/680720)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-was-fired-cause-shes-involved-w-a-sex-offender-what-do-i-say/680720 "2014-02-14T16:30:22Z")
This is really a question I kinda know the answer to, I just… I dunno, I’m hoping some Solomon will show up and give me the precise correct thing to say to my friend. Like the title says, my friend, uh, let’s call her S… --- ## [Reese's Peanut Butter Cups question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeses-peanut-butter-cups-question/702699 "2023-10-31T01:09:54Z")
Just in time for Halloween: do you consider Reese’s Peanut Butter cups a candy bar? --- ## [Let the holiday mini rants begin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 440\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-holiday-mini-rants-begin/518501 "2009-12-30T20:28:33Z")
Let me get things started by saying I never, ever need to see another commercial with Santa Claus in it. And even more than I don’t need that, I don’t need to see any commercials where Santa is suddenly buying his presen… --- ## [What makes "smart people" socially awkward?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-smart-people-socially-awkward/571923)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-smart-people-socially-awkward/571923 "2012-09-07T05:57:31Z")
So I’m watching the trailer for that new movie Limitless where Bradly Cooper is a failing writer who takes a pill that lets him use 100% of his brain and turns him into a supremely confident, ultra charming and sophistic… --- ## [I pit people who don't pay attention to their kids at the grocery store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-pay-attention-to-their-kids-at-the-grocery-store/636881)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 293\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-dont-pay-attention-to-their-kids-at-the-grocery-store/636881 "2012-10-24T17:18:45Z")
As I mentioned once before, I work in a very large and very popular grocery store, which for the purposes of this thread I shall call The Busiest Grocery Store In The World (TBGSITW, or Tibgassitaw’s if you will). I like… --- ## [Can You Appeal A Restraining Order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-appeal-a-restraining-order/592269)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-appeal-a-restraining-order/592269 "2011-11-04T15:23:40Z")
I have a friend who would up getting in trouble with his GF. They started fighting, and she wound up taking out a restarining order against him. Now, one year later, he goes back to court (after moving to an adjoining st… --- ## [The ex-felon vs the two drunk douchebags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 390\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-felon-vs-the-two-drunk-douchebags/599696 "2011-12-10T01:26:39Z")
This story almost warmed my heart. Two drunk women go to McDonald’s. evidently the cashier questions the $50 bill one of them gave him. At that point, one of the women slaps him in the face. The other jumps over the coun… --- ## [Hurricane Irma \[and Maria\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-irma-and-maria/795446)
**Author:** [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Replies:** 476\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricane-irma-and-maria/795446 "2017-10-20T07:06:24Z")
Latest path is much lower than before. I know there is still plenty of uncertainty in the path. Cat three or above I will be ordered to evacuate to within 150 miles of Orlando all expenses paid. Is there anyone here in t… --- ## [I Pit Split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-split-p-j/941620)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 1472\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-split-p-j/941620 "2025-06-23T01:21:15Z")
My first pitting! This tool comes out guns blazing in the Derek Chauvin thread claiming to have a smoking gun, but when shown that the gun is actually a steaming turd, just keeps repeating the same nonsense again and ag… --- ## [Elizabeth Warren 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-2020/838800)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 496\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warren-2020/838800 "2019-11-06T18:40:12Z")
I looked for a thread to discuss her actual candidacy, as I’m interested in people’s thoughts on her, and don’t necessarily want the discussion buried in the Biden thread. I found a thread announcing her exploratory comm… --- ## [Why is Ayn Rand not taught in schools?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ayn-rand-not-taught-in-schools/692078)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ayn-rand-not-taught-in-schools/692078 "2014-09-30T03:09:40Z")
Hi Why is Ayn Rand not taught in schools? Is it the anti-spiritualism of Objectivism “Objectivism rejects belief in anything alleged to transcend existence.\[16\]” or the “rational self-interest” from wikipedia: “Ra… --- ## [Does Israel have to stay where it is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-israel-have-to-stay-where-it-is/694657)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-israel-have-to-stay-where-it-is/694657 "2014-08-14T21:56:57Z")
If the British and the UN could’ve foreseen the decades of bloodshed – surely they must have considered, if not outright anticipated, the possibility – one would hope they would’ve more thoroughly encouraged alternate lo… --- ## [Does Burger King really flame broil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-burger-king-really-flame-broil/382633)
**Author:** [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-burger-king-really-flame-broil/382633 "2012-09-16T04:38:33Z")
I saw a movie star say he used to work there and they would take frozen patties and brand them with a hot iron to get the stripes, then really cook them in a microwave. Of course he was talking years ago when he was a t… --- ## [I quit my job and I end up in the cuckoo's nest!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-my-job-and-i-end-up-in-the-cuckoos-nest/502069)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-my-job-and-i-end-up-in-the-cuckoos-nest/502069 "2009-11-13T14:35:31Z")
In a tale of woe that would be rejected if it were fiction, I literally walked out on my crappy job and my horrible Boss one day. She retaliated by calling the cops and reporting that I stole $5K that just “happened” to … --- ## [Another Mass Shooting (San Bernardino)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mass-shooting-san-bernardino/739242)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 400\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mass-shooting-san-bernardino/739242 "2015-12-17T03:09:13Z")
“At least 20 victims were reported down after a report of an active shooter in San Bernardino late Wednesday morning, according to a San Bernardino Police Department official.” Warning: a video starts when you click the… --- ## [The GOP and Race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gop-and-race/667522)
**Author:** [@NotDeadYet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotDeadYet)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gop-and-race/667522 "2013-09-10T14:00:18Z")
No way can it be said that “all republicans are racists” – because it simple isn’t the case. But it’s looking more and more like the Republican Party is. Maybe it’s because they aren’t aware of the fact that you can … --- ## [Debt ceiling: why are the pubbies pissed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-ceiling-why-are-the-pubbies-pissed/642809)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 300\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2012, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-ceiling-why-are-the-pubbies-pissed/642809 "2012-12-16T07:02:34Z")
So among the recent outrage about Obama’s proposal to deal with the fiscal cliff was outrage at the gall, the unmitigated gall, that Obama would demand that the president be unilaterally empowered to raise the fiscal bor… --- ## [Movies that made a big pop culture splash but are now disporportionately forgotten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-a-big-pop-culture-splash-but-are-now-disporportionately-forgotten/704755)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 290\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-a-big-pop-culture-splash-but-are-now-disporportionately-forgotten/704755 "2014-11-30T16:49:12Z")
I’m talking about movies that were quite popular and really seemed to capture the zeitgeist but which have now faded more than one might have expected. The fading is especially poignant if the movies were actually pretty… --- ## [So is Luann about to lose her virginity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-luann-about-to-lose-her-virginity/626844)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-luann-about-to-lose-her-virginity/626844 "2021-12-14T12:43:22Z")
Or will she get busted by her parents first? Either way, \[del\]will there\[/del\] how much moral outrage will there be? --- ## [I am so sick of loud motorcycles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-sick-of-loud-motorcycles/618886)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-sick-of-loud-motorcycles/618886 "2015-04-27T03:35:36Z")
The wannabe tough guys on their ridiculously loud motorcycles are once again besieging the normally peaceful roads of NH. Every year in April, the mouth breathing cunts take to the streets on their louder than fuck ass-… --- ## [Blue-eyes logic puzzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-logic-puzzle/605531)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 519\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-logic-puzzle/605531 "2011-12-19T07:17:21Z")
This was posted in a very unusual GD thread (of which I shall not utter more, lest we be destroyed in flame and suffering when the shadows come) A certain individual linekd to this: http://xkcd.com/blue\_eyes.html Now,… --- ## [The Trump Presidency HAS to end with Impeachment... right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-presidency-has-to-end-with-impeachment-right/786406)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 432\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-presidency-has-to-end-with-impeachment-right/786406 "2017-11-13T17:09:08Z")
Forget political party lines… the Circus that has become this Presidency has crossed into realms that previously would have strained believability in Hollywood. On top of the first 100+ days, I have learned so much more… --- ## [Please explain to me the Gimp in "Pulp Fiction"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-to-me-the-gimp-in-pulp-fiction/599384)
**Author:** [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-to-me-the-gimp-in-pulp-fiction/599384 "2011-10-14T09:06:54Z")
no such thing as a stupid question, right? is “gimp” a specific description or was it just a contrived character in the story? it was obviously an ensalved person but for what purpose? was it enslaved for sex or for some… --- ## [This is a crappy list of "bizarre" celebrity deaths - we can do better!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-crappy-list-of-bizarre-celebrity-deaths-we-can-do-better/662795)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-crappy-list-of-bizarre-celebrity-deaths-we-can-do-better/662795 "2013-07-22T00:28:27Z")
Radar Online published thislist of celebrities who died under bizarre circumstances. It’s quite a crappy list; while it does have a few celebrities who died in genuinely odd ways (Sonny Bono, David Carradine, Michael Hu… --- ## [Explain the "poor" mentality to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-poor-mentality-to-me/660558)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-poor-mentality-to-me/660558 "2013-06-17T22:04:16Z")
I’m not really sure where this should go but I’ll start in GQ assuming there’s a factual answer for this. Why is it that people that are perpetually broke have a broke-person mentality. I’m not talking about people wit… --- ## [Kentucky Man Shoots Drone, Gets Arrested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-man-shoots-drone-gets-arrested/726634)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 380\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-man-shoots-drone-gets-arrested/726634 "2019-04-22T17:04:17Z")
Here’s the story. William Meredith of Hillview, Kentucky, saw a privately owned drone flying over his property. He took out his shotgun and shot the drone, destroying it. Then he was arrested for First Degree Criminal… --- ## [What Do They Do If They Can't Serve You Papers When Being Sued](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-if-they-cant-serve-you-papers-when-being-sued/558348)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-they-do-if-they-cant-serve-you-papers-when-being-sued/558348 "2010-10-29T18:19:06Z")
OK let’s say you’re being sued for something and no one can find you to serve you. I thought about this with all the foreclosures. I mean let’s say the bank is going to foreclose but the family knows this and just packs… --- ## [How can you tell if you are circumcised?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-tell-if-you-are-circumcised/581626)
**Author:** [@Hambil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hambil)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-tell-if-you-are-circumcised/581626 "2011-05-12T23:19:22Z")
My parents never talked about it and I never asked. Googling doesn’t seem to help me. I have had a very small number of lovers and it never came up. My wife doesn’t seem to know for sure either. Yes, I come from a repres… --- ## [Harvey Weinstein accused of multiple cases of sexual harassment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvey-weinstein-accused-of-multiple-cases-of-sexual-harassment/798073)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 421\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvey-weinstein-accused-of-multiple-cases-of-sexual-harassment/798073 "2020-10-03T02:11:21Z")
Story here. What a creep. But no surprises, this is what Hollywood producers have done since the dawn of the movies. High time it stopped. Had to add that I love the movies he’s backed but he doesn’t get a pass becaus… --- ## [Is "niggardly" an acceptable word for a 4th grade teacher to use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-niggardly-an-acceptable-word-for-a-4th-grade-teacher-to-use/126968)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 385\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-niggardly-an-acceptable-word-for-a-4th-grade-teacher-to-use/126968 "2013-01-07T18:05:51Z")
Teacher reprimanded for word choice Per this story I was all set to be outraged at the oppressive school administrator and ignorant, hypersensitive parent, but in thinking about it further… Niggardly is, in and of its… --- ## [Can atheists provide rational arguments that terrorists should spare their lives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-atheists-provide-rational-arguments-that-terrorists-should-spare-their-lives/678773)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 470\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-atheists-provide-rational-arguments-that-terrorists-should-spare-their-lives/678773 "2014-01-29T15:55:03Z")
I’ll start by stating clearly that I deeply dislike war (of any sort) and I find terrorism a major contemporary threat. It so happens that I sometimes come into contact for long periods of time with people from the Midd… --- ## [What "obsolete" services and/or products are still available today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-obsolete-services-and-or-products-are-still-available-today/697307)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-obsolete-services-and-or-products-are-still-available-today/697307 "2014-09-14T05:12:55Z")
There is an interesting thread discussing the continued availability of dial-up Internet access. It looks like it is still technically possible to send a telegram to someone, although most, if not all, of the customers … --- ## [85th Academy Awards viewing thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 546\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279 "2013-03-01T17:36:38Z")
Well, they’re tonight! A very odd set of nominees in my opinion and I don’t much agree with the top award nominees, but it does make for an interesting night. I think Best Director will be a tense moment, for sure. If y… --- ## [Look, Islam is not going away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-islam-is-not-going-away/737695)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 420\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-islam-is-not-going-away/737695 "2015-12-16T12:35:20Z")
Don’t get me wrong, I heartily wish it would go away. I have no defenses to offer of Islamic doctrines or traditions, I have no time for any Yahvist faith – this world would be a better place if Abraham had been the vil… --- ## [The Song Synonym Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263)
**Author:** [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Replies:** 470\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-synonym-thread/683263 "2014-06-28T15:45:30Z")
Note: I was debating putting this in Cafe Society or the Game Room, but as it relates to music, I figured it belongs here. So, lying in bed late last night I had one of those weird ideas you get around that time: the So… --- ## [On an "Ask the Pedophile" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-an-ask-the-pedophile-thread/527906)
**Author:** [@Cesario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cesario)\ **Replies:** 366\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-an-ask-the-pedophile-thread/527906 "2010-02-08T14:50:51Z")
Back in October, I received a PM from Marley23 that the mods and admins were discussing whether or not to allow this, and that I should not post such a thread until they had reached a decision. I have complied with this… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=49&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=51&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)