# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=526&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:** 527 --- ## [Can the President Eliminate Capital Gains Taxes On His Own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-president-eliminate-capital-gains-taxes-on-his-own/625971)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-president-eliminate-capital-gains-taxes-on-his-own/625971 "2012-06-28T17:22:30Z")
So here’s my scenario: November 2012: Romney Wins (amid much wailing and gnashing of SDMB teeth) January 20 2013, inauguration speech: “…and I intend to ask Congress to immediately eliminate the capital gains tax. Let’… --- ## [Tips for a new contact lens wearer ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-a-new-contact-lens-wearer/131071)
**Author:** [@BobbySuezQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobbySuezQ)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-a-new-contact-lens-wearer/131071 "2012-02-22T22:11:32Z")
At first I was able to get these blasted things in just fine … at first being while I was still at the Doctor’s office. Anymore now it seems I ALWAYS get an air bubble under them, or if they go in fine, after a minute or… --- ## [New Contest! Write Jack Dean Tyler's sig!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-contest-write-jack-dean-tylers-sig/40713)
**Author:** [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2000, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-contest-write-jack-dean-tylers-sig/40713 "2000-11-28T22:51:21Z")
I noticed that our new resident fruitcake dosen’t have a sig! He need one to be a full member of our community, so, c’mon everybody-post your idea for JDT’s apropriate sig here! MY THOUGHT: “I am the way, the truth and… --- ## [TK421......bizarre coincidence or running gag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tk421-bizarre-coincidence-or-running-gag/76284)
**Author:** [@Evno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evno)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tk421-bizarre-coincidence-or-running-gag/76284 "2017-03-28T12:26:36Z")
There’s two incidents I can think of where the code “TK421” was used in movies: STAR WARS: When Han, Luke, ObiWan, Chewie, r2d2 and c-3p0 were hiding out in the MF’s cargo bays, and then the humans in the party suckered… --- ## [Whatcha Readin' May 2012 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-may-2012-edition/620448)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-may-2012-edition/620448 "2012-06-01T18:56:41Z")
Happy May everyone. If you celebrate cinco de mayo, enjoy but be safe! I’ve started the last of the Heir of Novron (Riyria Revelations) and so far I’m really enjoying it. It is more traditional fantasy (as opposed to… --- ## [Is the Ending Of Minority Report a Dream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-ending-of-minority-report-a-dream/312051)
**Author:** [@Just1Lurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just1Lurk)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-ending-of-minority-report-a-dream/312051 "2005-07-13T23:45:26Z")
In the Spielberg Never Made Me Well Up Like Jackson thread, \*\*Cliffy \*\* says: Well, count me as one who never caught on – what are the signals, besides the missing waking up scene, that indicate the ending is a dream? … --- ## [How high must wages go to make large scale factory automation attractive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-high-must-wages-go-to-make-large-scale-factory-automation-attractive/563042)
**Author:** [@Le\_Jacquelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Jacquelope)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-high-must-wages-go-to-make-large-scale-factory-automation-attractive/563042 "2010-12-16T17:23:52Z")
Toyota workers in Kentucky plant made more (on average) than UAW members last year Granted, this is to prevent the workers from unionizing and this was a one-time spike; but as the article points out Toyota regularly p… --- ## ["I'm sorry if anyone was offended"...No You Aren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-if-anyone-was-offended-no-you-arent/651383)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-if-anyone-was-offended-no-you-arent/651383 "2013-03-04T18:47:22Z")
Why can’t folks just apologize?? I am so sick of these non-apology apologies that amount to basically, “I did nothing wrong, I meant nothing, but you are kind of an overly sensitive wuss.” Own your contrition and crimin… --- ## [Attention Ladies: Please do not cry at the office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-ladies-please-do-not-cry-at-the-office/524970)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-ladies-please-do-not-cry-at-the-office/524970 "2010-01-20T02:03:43Z")
It’s unprofessional and makes us men-folk uncomfortable. I understand you are upset becasue you just had an argument with your son’s tutor, but please get a hold of yourself. (Thank you. That is all.) --- ## [Straight women - do you like gay (male) porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-do-you-like-gay-male-porn/422887)
**Author:** [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2007, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-women-do-you-like-gay-male-porn/422887 "2007-10-17T07:45:42Z")
The majority of men seem to like lesbian scenes in porn, I’m wondering if the same corresponds for women. Views of people I’ve asked in person have varied considerably so I thought I’d ask the teeming millions for a stra… --- ## [Nobody's Pitted Gen. John Kelly, that national disgrace? Allow me, then.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-pitted-gen-john-kelly-that-national-disgrace-allow-me-then/799427)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobodys-pitted-gen-john-kelly-that-national-disgrace-allow-me-then/799427 "2018-12-09T05:22:04Z")
I assume everyone knows about Kelly’s remarks the other day defending his boss, the Orange Abomination, and attacking Congresswoman Frederica Wilson. So I’ll just launch in. Whatever Trump actually said in his call t… --- ## [Fuck you, window-opener-freaks (and other unreasonable rants).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-window-opener-freaks-and-other-unreasonable-rants/679334)
**Author:** [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2014, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-window-opener-freaks-and-other-unreasonable-rants/679334 "2014-01-28T06:40:35Z")
No, it is not hot. It is freezing. You know that thing outside? It’s called winter. It’s cold. It is freezing, fucking cold. The temperature in here is FREEZING. I can’t feel my fingers. Fuck you and your imaginary heat,… --- ## [Let the schadenfreude begin: Martin Shkreli arrested for securities fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-schadenfreude-begin-martin-shkreli-arrested-for-securities-fraud/740692)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-schadenfreude-begin-martin-shkreli-arrested-for-securities-fraud/740692 "2022-08-15T03:54:26Z")
Karma’s a bitch. http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-martin-shkreli-securities-fraud/ --- ## [Shape with Greatest Area to Perimeter Ratio Is a ... (and more)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-with-greatest-area-to-perimeter-ratio-is-a-and-more/415797)
**Author:** [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-with-greatest-area-to-perimeter-ratio-is-a-and-more/415797 "2018-11-27T12:15:11Z")
The shape with greatest area to perimeter ratio is a … The shape with greatest perimeter to area ratio is a … The shape with greatest total volume to surface area ratio is a … The shape with greatest surface area to t… --- ## [Legendary, apocryphal or just plain untrue stories of celebrities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legendary-apocryphal-or-just-plain-untrue-stories-of-celebrities/769270)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legendary-apocryphal-or-just-plain-untrue-stories-of-celebrities/769270 "2016-10-28T16:19:21Z")
Legends and stories have been told about celebrities for as long as there have been celebrities. Some are true, some have a grain of truth and some are fabrications. Go ahead and share some of them. The story goes that … --- ## [Free To Choose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-to-choose/583958)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-to-choose/583958 "2011-06-07T17:37:52Z")
There have been a lot of threads around here lately on Libertarianism, with a lot of confusion as to what it’s about and what libertarians believe. In the ‘Libertarian Mythology’ thread I posted a link to Milton Friedma… --- ## [I Found Jesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-jesus/667730)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-jesus/667730 "2013-09-04T00:44:05Z")
He was under our refrigerator. How he got there I haven’t a clue. --- ## [Did Native American hunters eat the fresh heart of their kills?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-native-american-hunters-eat-the-fresh-heart-of-their-kills/678118)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-native-american-hunters-eat-the-fresh-heart-of-their-kills/678118 "2021-12-02T04:30:59Z")
There’s a scene in Dances With Wolves where the lead hunter cuts the heart from a freshly killed buffalo, takes a huge bite, and offers the rest to Kevin Costner. Other movies featuring Native American hunters often por… --- ## ["Batshit crazy" --original source?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-original-source/416397)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2010, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-original-source/416397 "2010-12-17T07:33:50Z")
how old is this expression? Where did it come from? what does it mean, specifically? Is it worse than being tin-foil-hat crazy? please, please, please, …tell me…before I go, well, bat—t crazy. --- ## [North Korea sentences U.S journalists to twelve years in labour camp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-sentences-u-s-journalists-to-twelve-years-in-labour-camp/499073)
**Author:** [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-sentences-u-s-journalists-to-twelve-years-in-labour-camp/499073 "2009-08-05T00:11:52Z")
I’m so upset that that I really can’t come up with an articulate OP. Guess it’s a good thing that the pit has somewhat lower standards for eloquence. Fuck you North Korea. You are truly the asshole of the world. You m… --- ## [Time Person of the Year 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2023/988925 "2024-01-09T22:09:46Z")
I have nothing better to do, and I didn’t see this mentioned anywhere else yet, so here’s the annual Time Magazine Person of the Year speculation thread… I think it comes down to two people at the moment: King Charles… --- ## [Was The "gatling" gun an Effective Weapon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-gatling-gun-an-effective-weapon/444472)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-gatling-gun-an-effective-weapon/444472 "2008-04-10T12:25:03Z")
From what Ii read, this gun (precourser to the machine gun) was of limited use. it weighed close to 700 lbs., and had to be transported by a horse-drawn wagon. It could not be easily aimed, and was quite innacurate at ra… --- ## [Whiny Bitch Sues for and Wins Valedictorian Title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiny-bitch-sues-for-and-wins-valedictorian-title/174448)
**Author:** [@sivispacem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sivispacem)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiny-bitch-sues-for-and-wins-valedictorian-title/174448 "2003-07-13T16:25:08Z")
Someone needs to hit this girl with a rock. Doesn’t seem so bad at first, but they leave out that by “tutors” they mean “her mom,” who graded all of her AP work - and gave her A+'s across the board. Shocker. And she … --- ## [badger5149, please leave, you add nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger5149-please-leave-you-add-nothing/635011)
**Author:** [@ExcitedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExcitedIdiot)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badger5149-please-leave-you-add-nothing/635011 "2012-10-08T08:12:38Z")
badger5149, in short, you lack the capacity for logical thought. You add nothing to this board, please leave. Umm, yes that makes you racist, or incredibly dense. He said this doozy in an Intelligent Design thread: … --- ## [Why does a cat purr when you pet it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-cat-purr-when-you-pet-it/673580)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-cat-purr-when-you-pet-it/673580 "2013-11-14T23:31:40Z")
If you pet a cat that knows you, and you’ve fed before, the cat will often lie down and allow you to stroke it’s fur. A cat seems to enjoy being petted in some spots more than others. What I never understood is what th… --- ## [Explain the GameStop short squeeze?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-gamestop-short-squeeze/931681)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-gamestop-short-squeeze/931681 "2022-09-07T01:34:16Z")
If you haven’t seen this is in the news lately, it’s kind of bizarre. TL,DR: Gamestop is a brick-and-mortar video game seller that many believed would be going out of business soon. The belief was so strong that hedg… --- ## [Donald Trump \[what will it take to force him to resign?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-what-will-it-take-to-force-him-to-resign/826578)
**Author:** [@CHealy7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CHealy7)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-what-will-it-take-to-force-him-to-resign/826578 "2019-01-08T01:35:14Z")
What will it take for the American people to force this man to resign from office? --- ## [I'm Deathly Afraid of Aquariums...and Other Odd Phobias](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-deathly-afraid-of-aquariums-and-other-odd-phobias/87998)
**Author:** [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-deathly-afraid-of-aquariums-and-other-odd-phobias/87998 "2001-10-29T06:05:59Z")
Kinda long, I appologize… Yes. I must admit, I’m afraid of aquariums (and generally any sort of water that I can’t see through). It’s not just your run of the mill “ooh it freaks me out” kinda fear, either. I am totally… --- ## [The name "Graham": How do you pronounce it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-graham-how-do-you-pronounce-it/711854)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-graham-how-do-you-pronounce-it/711854 "2015-02-13T03:18:48Z")
I caught the preceding link from Yahoo.com, and it got me to recollecting my HS girlfriend, whose last name was Graham. When I was in HS, some friend of mine asked me who the babe was that I had been speaking to moment… --- ## [definition of "arrested," "detained," and "cited?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-arrested-detained-and-cited/612807)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-arrested-detained-and-cited/612807 "2013-05-15T19:06:34Z")
My wife submitted her application for US citizenship a few weeks ago. There is a question on the app form which asks: She has received two traffic tickets in her lifetime. In both cases, a police officer drove behind… --- ## [Do women put toilet paper in the water to prevent splash back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-put-toilet-paper-in-the-water-to-prevent-splash-back/718055)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-put-toilet-paper-in-the-water-to-prevent-splash-back/718055 "2015-04-22T06:00:43Z")
We go through toilet paper at an astounding rate, eventually my wife revealed she puts toilet paper in the bowl before using the toilet to prevent water splashing back up on her but or vaginal area and claims most women … --- ## [Sign In Blue Ink Only? WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-in-blue-ink-only-wtf/504004)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-in-blue-ink-only-wtf/504004 "2009-07-24T16:10:11Z")
The law firm representing me for my SSDI, rercently sent me some documents, they wanted signed in BLUE ink only. Why? Black is the darker color, and I always under the impression one could sign in either blue or black? … --- ## [Evony - Start your journey now my Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evony-start-your-journey-now-my-lord/504838)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2009, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evony-start-your-journey-now-my-lord/504838 "2009-08-11T09:12:51Z")
My Lord indeed. My lord you have a lot of fucking ads. On every. fucking. website. I visit. My lord your ads do verily feature a mightily skanky, 3rd rate, pornstar wench. My Lord I’m not sure what kind of game you ar… --- ## [The dangers of stretch marks and loose skin should be emphasised more. Also, fuck anorexics.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dangers-of-stretch-marks-and-loose-skin-should-be-emphasised-more-also-fuck-anorexics/640417)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dangers-of-stretch-marks-and-loose-skin-should-be-emphasised-more-also-fuck-anorexics/640417 "2012-11-26T15:20:03Z")
I believe that much like we have sex education and anti-smoking education from the ages of around ten, we should have anti-fat education (different to nutrition education). And furthermore, two things need to be mentione… --- ## [Does the Cornish accent sound a lot like (general) American English? (UK dopers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-cornish-accent-sound-a-lot-like-general-american-english-uk-dopers/680545)
**Author:** [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-cornish-accent-sound-a-lot-like-general-american-english-uk-dopers/680545 "2014-05-06T10:50:04Z")
After watchning the Southwest episode of Food Glorious Food, the Cornish accent sounded a lot like an American with a couple of peculiarities. UK dopers, do you agree? Example 1 Example 2 --- ## [Let's admit it already: Justice Stevens is retiring this year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-admit-it-already-justice-stevens-is-retiring-this-year/535024)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-admit-it-already-justice-stevens-is-retiring-this-year/535024 "2010-06-29T20:56:37Z")
John Paul Stevens hasn’t said he’s retiring after the current Supreme Court term ends, but he’s hinting at it very hard \[in a New Yorker profile last month and a New York Times article over the weekend, for starters\]. I … --- ## [GTA 5 PC (probably) comes out 4/14](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gta-5-pc-probably-comes-out-4-14/716658)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gta-5-pc-probably-comes-out-4-14/716658 "2015-05-25T06:01:11Z")
Official trailer came out today. After numerous delays it’s looking good for the 4/14 release date. If you want to preorder it, you can save $15 by going to GMG VIP (requires login) I find myself getting somewhat excit… --- ## [Who really pays the most for unwanted gold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-really-pays-the-most-for-unwanted-gold/542513)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-really-pays-the-most-for-unwanted-gold/542513 "2010-06-11T22:49:53Z")
I have some old gold jewelry. Some is marked 18k, some 10k and some is not marked at all. I see lots of TV ads claiming to pay the most for gold, but I am skeptical about mailing away my valuables, especially since I d… --- ## [Hillary goes down: what happens next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-goes-down-what-happens-next/720381)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-goes-down-what-happens-next/720381 "2015-05-26T20:05:30Z")
Hillary Clinton is still being dogged by questions about the Clinton Foundation and her private e-mail server. (Stories about both are easily found, and the point of this thread isn’t to debate them.) Let’s say, hypoth… --- ## [Painful first bite of food. what's the cause?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painful-first-bite-of-food-whats-the-cause/224894)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painful-first-bite-of-food-whats-the-cause/224894 "2004-01-20T17:31:26Z")
I know it’s silly to ask medical type questions on the SD but I have experienced this phenomenon for as long as I can remember. Probably all my life, and I am still alive. If I haven’t eaten for a while, and then I bit… --- ## [Why are stay-at-home-moms looked down upon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-stay-at-home-moms-looked-down-upon/292997)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-stay-at-home-moms-looked-down-upon/292997 "2019-04-22T01:30:47Z")
I started a thread in the Pit about my dad and how he makes fun of my housekeeping skills, then someone made a comment that SAHMs do a LOT of work. I responded by saying that a study was recently done, I think by Harvard… --- ## [Why does Santa say "Ho Ho Ho"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-santa-say-ho-ho-ho/275103)
**Author:** [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-santa-say-ho-ho-ho/275103 "2004-11-29T00:09:20Z")
No really. Why “Ho! Ho! Ho!” and not some other phrase? My daughter asked me this and I’m stymied. Why does Santa say ‘Ho! Ho! Ho!’?" Apparently no one else does. I’m interested in both quick witty rejoinders and sch… --- ## [Is it rude to send a sympathy card 3 months late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-send-a-sympathy-card-3-months-late/491232)
**Author:** [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-send-a-sympathy-card-3-months-late/491232 "2010-04-21T23:26:16Z")
My uncle died of complications of lymphoma right before Christmas. I bought a card to send to my aunt, but with one thing and another it has sat around in my notebook until now. I have warm relations with this aunt, bu… --- ## [Are we Slowly Turning Back Into Damn, Dirty Apes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-slowly-turning-back-into-damn-dirty-apes/500691)
**Author:** [@ALBIM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ALBIM)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-slowly-turning-back-into-damn-dirty-apes/500691 "2009-06-26T16:18:23Z")
In my biology class, a girl proclaimed that humans were slowly “devolving” back into the pre-humanoid form. She was widely ridiculed, but is there any evidence or credibility to her theory? --- ## [Will the anti-Trump protests give rise to a "Tea Party of the Left"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-anti-trump-protests-give-rise-to-a-tea-party-of-the-left/779763)
**Author:** [@moldmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldmonkey)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-anti-trump-protests-give-rise-to-a-tea-party-of-the-left/779763 "2017-02-21T00:13:21Z")
First off, I hope this is the correct sub-forum. The description says discussion of political parties. If not, mods please move with my apologies. I had been wondering about some parallels in the form & intensity of t… --- ## [Eat a sandwich!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-sandwich/342758)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2006, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-sandwich/342758 "2006-02-08T06:25:54Z")
Fuck you! Skip seconds once in a while! I’m so sick of this fucking attitude. Some brainless tart in Hollywood looses weight and gets implants and suddenly she’s the poster child and whipping post for every advocate o… --- ## [Am I racist for teaching William Faulkner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-racist-for-teaching-william-faulkner/559928)
**Author:** [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-racist-for-teaching-william-faulkner/559928 "2015-01-01T12:10:55Z")
I got reamed out this weekend by a perpetually irate parent because her Special Snowflake is African-American and was ‘forced’ to read a story by William Faulkner in literature class that mentions Negroes (being set 10 y… --- ## [Does capsaicin INJURE (not cause pain to) mammals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-capsaicin-injure-not-cause-pain-to-mammals/238431)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-capsaicin-injure-not-cause-pain-to-mammals/238431 "2011-06-14T04:04:10Z")
We know birds can eat chile peppers without injury, thanks to this mailbag report: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mchili.html But one thing I’ve never gotten straight: Can mammals receive actual chemical burns fro… --- ## [Has Cracked ever been humourous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835 "2017-03-21T19:07:55Z")
I read or at least skim through Cracked’s articles. It’s amazing to me they consider themselves a humor site. Lately many of their articles are angry and lecture. Reminds me of a teacher wagging their finger at the stu… --- ## [Republican Platform: "Kill The Gays"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-platform-kill-the-gays/737277 "2015-12-05T11:09:50Z")
Kevin Swanson is a piece of shit, a conservative Christian who hasn’t met anything secular that he thinks should even exist. He is a batshit loony who said that it’s better to be drowned than to have your kids watch Har… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=525&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=527&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)