# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=533&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:** 534 --- ## [I think we should move towards a twenty hour work week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-should-move-towards-a-twenty-hour-work-week/674054)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2013, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-should-move-towards-a-twenty-hour-work-week/674054 "2013-11-15T09:45:55Z")
I never have enough time to do all the things that I need and want to do. Working 40 hours a week, housework and laundry and grocery shopping and tending to 2 acres, leaves me with little time for recreation. The fact … --- ## [Why would a single mother need more thant $20.00 in her wallet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-single-mother-need-more-thant-20-00-in-her-wallet/180590)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-single-mother-need-more-thant-20-00-in-her-wallet/180590 "2003-06-16T20:00:13Z")
While reading this thread, I came upon this brilliant post, by our very own drachillix. Let’s see. Why would a single mother legitmately on welfare need to withdraw more than a Jackson? BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BUY DRUGS. … --- ## [Talking to a Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-a-stranger/499537)
**Author:** [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-a-stranger/499537 "2009-06-22T03:07:16Z")
Saw a youtube video about a website that lets you chat with a stranger. Kind of cool, I tried it out and I’m talking to someone who’s apparently from China and isn’t too great in Geography. --- ## [With Friends like the S. Baptists, Gays Need No Enemies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-friends-like-the-s-baptists-gays-need-no-enemies/182694)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-friends-like-the-s-baptists-gays-need-no-enemies/182694 "2003-06-22T21:15:24Z")
PHOENIX (AP) – The Southern Baptist Convention has started an initiative to “liberate” gays from their homosexuality by befriending them and convincing them they should accept Jesus as their savior. At the denomination’s… --- ## [Why was Oswald a suspect so soon after the shooting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-oswald-a-suspect-so-soon-after-the-shooting/701661)
**Author:** [@Duke\_of\_York](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_York)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-oswald-a-suspect-so-soon-after-the-shooting/701661 "2014-10-22T15:30:23Z")
I thought there was a APB out on him within a few minutes. Did anyone see him with a rifle? --- ## [2024 \[THEMED\] Celebrity Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110 "2024-12-24T18:21:15Z")
NOTE: As we started in 2019, Themed Death Pool Lists will be posted and tracked in a separate thread. If you are looking for the 2023 Celebrity Death Pool thread, click here phungi (aka: the Death Shroom) checking in as… --- ## [I was an Avengers extra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-an-avengers-extra/621127)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-an-avengers-extra/621127 "2021-07-13T21:51:53Z")
I wrote a first draft of this right after filming, and recently revised it, now that the movie has been released in the U.S. and we’re released from the studio’s nondisclosure agreement. Hope you like it. I’ll remember… --- ## [Truly awful haute-cuisine 60's and 70's style](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-awful-haute-cuisine-60s-and-70s-style/678457)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-awful-haute-cuisine-60s-and-70s-style/678457 "2014-01-17T00:03:06Z")
Oh. My. God. Or, what on earth were they thinking? I’ve got a cast-iron stomach, and am pretty much amenable to trying just about anything, but these recipes put lie to my adventurousness. :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [What do you dislike most about other people's weddings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dislike-most-about-other-peoples-weddings/375534)
**Author:** [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-dislike-most-about-other-peoples-weddings/375534 "2006-10-11T21:13:24Z")
What do you dislike about attending weddings? I’ll start: Maudlin vows written by the bridal couple (or lifted from the bride’s favorite soap opera) make me cringe. The mawkishness always goes on far too long. What’s … --- ## [Stupid laws you have encountered that are actually enforced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-laws-you-have-encountered-that-are-actually-enforced/266984)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-laws-you-have-encountered-that-are-actually-enforced/266984 "2005-10-20T18:12:33Z")
This isn’t about those lists of strange laws that claim that it is illegal to take a bath on Sundays in Alabama. This is about real life laws that are not only bizarre, but also enforced. I have two: My wife and I we… --- ## [Robin Williams - Not Funny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-not-funny/481928)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-not-funny/481928 "2009-01-22T08:23:15Z")
Hey, don’t get me wrong, I love RW in Dead Poet’s Society and Good Morning Vietnam, but the guy in his stand up routines, and his talk show appearances has never made me laugh. The rapid-fire jokes, the ridiculous muggin… --- ## [Come on...Rush uses either pre-recorded tracks or hidden musicians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-rush-uses-either-pre-recorded-tracks-or-hidden-musicians/724849)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-rush-uses-either-pre-recorded-tracks-or-hidden-musicians/724849 "2019-03-12T12:58:56Z")
I am in the middle of reading the Rolling Stone article on the Canadian band Rush when I come across this whopper that RS should have known better: Lee multitasked, holding down bass and vocals while also using every av… --- ## [More victimhood from Sarah Palin - this time involving "Family Guy."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-victimhood-from-sarah-palin-this-time-involving-family-guy/529200 "2010-02-19T20:31:17Z")
Here’s the story. I love this quote from her daughter Bristol: Well, apparently they’ve done a piss poor job of that. I wonder if Sarah ever stops to think about all the interest she’s drumming up for the objects o… --- ## [House Republicans seriously considering default or shutting down the government to coerce Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-republicans-seriously-considering-default-or-shutting-down-the-government-to-coerce-obama/647193)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-republicans-seriously-considering-default-or-shutting-down-the-government-to-coerce-obama/647193 "2013-01-22T16:15:51Z")
Link. Predictable. As long as they keep getting rewarded for using the economy as a hostage, they’ll keep doing it and it’ll keep getting worse. And if they wreck the country in the process they don’t care in the sligh… --- ## [Why DOES the myth of the CSA Lost Cause persist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-myth-of-the-csa-lost-cause-persist/941776)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-myth-of-the-csa-lost-cause-persist/941776 "2021-05-23T15:10:05Z")
\# Why Confederate Lies Live On For some Americans, history isn’t the story of what actually happened; it’s the story they want to believe. The Atlantic asks a good question. After all, the Civil War was a mere five ye… --- ## [Suggestion: let's fix my earlier terrible suggestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-lets-fix-my-earlier-terrible-suggestion/548334)
**Author:** [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-lets-fix-my-earlier-terrible-suggestion/548334 "2010-08-10T18:16:42Z")
Certain subversive elements, hellbent on destroying the board, suggested disabling the quote-stripping function in vBulletin to allow fully nested quotes. This was obviously a terrible idea, though to be fair anyone wit… --- ## [Do the Russians still say "comrade"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-russians-still-say-comrade/61618)
**Author:** [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-russians-still-say-comrade/61618 "2016-08-23T22:19:23Z")
Just curious. “Tovarisch” (sp?) was an imposed ideological term under the Soviets, but has it become so ingrained in the Russian language that it is still the proper form of greeting/address? Sua --- ## [The guess the Doper's age thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857)
**Author:** [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857 "2008-01-14T15:06:07Z")
OK so does anyone else want to know how old other people think he/she looks? I think it’s sort of impossible to be objective about oneself – and I’d like to know what the (brutally) honest Dopers would say. It’s not tha… --- ## [Why Not View "Super Wealthy" as "Super Greedy", not "Super Successful"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-view-super-wealthy-as-super-greedy-not-super-successful/283824)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-view-super-wealthy-as-super-greedy-not-super-successful/283824 "2023-12-30T18:02:52Z")
Why is it admirable for Mr./Ms. X to pay their employees peanuts in order to retain earnings for themselves? Wouldn’t they be more worthy of respect if they chose to share the profits with the employees who earned them? … --- ## [Anybody Who Really Supports Affirmative Action?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-who-really-supports-affirmative-action/587874)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-who-really-supports-affirmative-action/587874 "2011-07-19T01:23:50Z")
Is there anybody here who really supports affirmative action by race? If so why do you support it? Is there any rational reason for it? --- ## [A quick giggle for you - Michelle Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-giggle-for-you-michelle-obama/518900)
**Author:** [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quick-giggle-for-you-michelle-obama/518900 "2009-11-28T19:02:25Z")
Using Google Images (moderate search), google Michelle Obama. The people who google bombed during the Bush era are back. --- ## [Free birth control and abortion- question for anti-abortion folks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-birth-control-and-abortion-question-for-anti-abortion-folks/662827)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-birth-control-and-abortion-question-for-anti-abortion-folks/662827 "2013-08-17T12:18:07Z")
This question is for people who believe abortion should be illegal in all or most cases: if completely free and freely available birth control for all was conclusively statistically shown to both lower the abortion rate … --- ## [The most uninspiring quotes ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-uninspiring-quotes-ever/184721)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-uninspiring-quotes-ever/184721 "2003-07-03T00:41:50Z")
The website despair.com got me thinking about what might be the most uninspiring quotes ever. The best i can come up with is “Every day of your life, your entire future lays ahead of you.” --- ## [Why are vision and dental insurance separate from medical insurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-vision-and-dental-insurance-separate-from-medical-insurance/540501)
**Author:** [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-vision-and-dental-insurance-separate-from-medical-insurance/540501 "2011-08-28T17:10:46Z")
If I have a problem with my ears, I don’t need to worry about having “hearing insurance”. My medical insurance covers the problem. Why do the eyes and teeth have separate insurance. I would think that the health of my… --- ## [Why the white hot fury of Clinton supporters toward Obama after the loss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-white-hot-fury-of-clinton-supporters-toward-obama-after-the-loss/452227)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-white-hot-fury-of-clinton-supporters-toward-obama-after-the-loss/452227 "2008-06-16T04:11:52Z")
It’s a horse race & she lost. The level of continuing white hot fury, especially among her female supporters is (to the extent I can recall) unprecedented in modern politics. It’s so over the top that some are talking s… --- ## [Spoil and advise me on The Chronicles of Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-and-advise-me-on-the-chronicles-of-narnia/491245)
**Author:** [@Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Star_to_the_Right)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2009, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-and-advise-me-on-the-chronicles-of-narnia/491245 "2009-04-26T10:14:45Z")
Spoilers, natch. Let me explain what I mean by the thread title. I’ve read the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe(thus abbreviated LWW) many, many times. It’s one of my favorite books. I’ve also read Prince Caspian and … --- ## [Why don't pro life activists portray abortion as a woman's rights issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-pro-life-activists-portray-abortion-as-a-womans-rights-issue/778251)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-pro-life-activists-portray-abortion-as-a-womans-rights-issue/778251 "2017-02-08T00:28:59Z")
This is a little bit of a muddled thought, but it is something I am very curious about so I will try my best to explain myself coherently. As a casual observer of the abortion debate with no strong feelings one way or t… --- ## [I need movies about a teacher helping underprivileged kids. The more patronizing/cheesy the better.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-movies-about-a-teacher-helping-underprivileged-kids-the-more-patronizing-cheesy-the-better/641267)
**Author:** [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-movies-about-a-teacher-helping-underprivileged-kids-the-more-patronizing-cheesy-the-better/641267 "2012-11-20T19:06:05Z")
My best friend recently (this fall) started a new job teaching remedial students at a public school in a very poor urban area. Suffice it to say that he has some frustrations about his job and has been venting to me abou… --- ## [Which person on the other side of the aisle would you vote for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-person-on-the-other-side-of-the-aisle-would-you-vote-for/688313)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-person-on-the-other-side-of-the-aisle-would-you-vote-for/688313 "2014-05-20T21:57:31Z")
Which person on the other side of the aisle would you vote for? Liberal / Leans Democratic here. If Jeb Bush ® runs for President against a weak (D) candidate, I’d end up voting for Jeb Bush. Pretend I’m not allowed to… --- ## [How to straighten/unkink a new electric cord](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-straighten-unkink-a-new-electric-cord/403600)
**Author:** [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-straighten-unkink-a-new-electric-cord/403600 "2007-05-11T21:36:27Z")
I just bought some new headphones and the cord insulation is relatively stiff. So the cord, which was folded on itself a dozen times in the packaging, is all bendy. Unless I position the cord just right or have it stretc… --- ## [What year did the NBA ban slam dunking free throws?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-did-the-nba-ban-slam-dunking-free-throws/429125)
**Author:** [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-did-the-nba-ban-slam-dunking-free-throws/429125 "2007-12-08T01:58:51Z")
I’ve got a 6-pack riding on this. It was actually a bet I made years ago which was one of the reasons I joined the Dope. I am under the impression that Wilt Chamberlain used to dunk his free throws in college. He’d ki… --- ## [What Is Your Political Typology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-political-typology/679822)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2014, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-political-typology/679822 "2014-02-18T10:39:08Z")
http://www.people-press.org/typology/quiz/?src=typology-report Got New Coalition Democrat --- ## [What is one thing someone said that made you lose respect for them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-one-thing-someone-said-that-made-you-lose-respect-for-them/742573)
**Author:** [@GlowingDarkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GlowingDarkness)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-one-thing-someone-said-that-made-you-lose-respect-for-them/742573 "2016-01-15T02:22:22Z")
For me it has to be my 21yr old cousin who said that suicide was the same morally as murder. Because a person who is struggling with the ability to cope with life and may have a mental illness is the same as someone who … --- ## [The Wolf of Wall Street \[open spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wolf-of-wall-street-open-spoilers/677388)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wolf-of-wall-street-open-spoilers/677388 "2016-06-20T13:14:03Z")
Saw this tonight, and though it was way longer than it needed to be – three hours? puh-leeze – there were so many individually great scenes that I can see why Scorsese was so self-indulgent with the editing. The scene w… --- ## [Purported Video of "Evacuation" During Boston Bombing Search](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purported-video-of-evacuation-during-boston-bombing-search/656495)
**Author:** [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purported-video-of-evacuation-during-boston-bombing-search/656495 "2013-05-06T00:44:05Z")
This is a tape of what is said to be a neighbor taping the evacuation of a private home in Watertown during the search for the Boston Bomber #2. Boston Evacuation. Now, we were led to believe that this was all pretty m… --- ## [Woo in the medical profession?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-in-the-medical-profession/554460)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-in-the-medical-profession/554460 "2010-09-26T18:55:44Z")
I just got around to reading Bart Farkas’ article in Swift concerning the growing problem of woo infesting the medical profession. Is this problem limited to schools of homeopathetic “medicine”, Reiki and the like, or i… --- ## [I must be the first one up MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-be-the-first-one-up-mmp/736407)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-be-the-first-one-up-mmp/736407 "2015-11-09T20:36:22Z")
Happy Moonday! Where is everybody? It’s daylight savings time donchano and everybody should be waking too early. I awoke at 4:30 wondering why I was up do early, then I realized it’s really 5:30 which is still too ear… --- ## [Lovers and losers- Is this a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovers-and-losers-is-this-a-scam/751879)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovers-and-losers-is-this-a-scam/751879 "2017-10-11T21:19:18Z")
A local radio station often plays an ad saying that you can win a free stay at the Plaza hotel in Las Vegas, and free tickets to see the Lovers or Losers game show, but it requires a $150 deposit which will be refunded w… --- ## [How facts backfire. Is fighting ignorance just a lost cause?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-facts-backfire-is-fighting-ignorance-just-a-lost-cause/552208)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-facts-backfire-is-fighting-ignorance-just-a-lost-cause/552208 "2010-09-12T00:12:16Z")
This disturbing article has made me rethink whether it’s not simply a waste of my time to attempt to combat ignorance. I’ve gotten kind of depressed after reading this article. It seems that when it comes to politics, … --- ## [Dogs shut in car in parking lot. Need answer fast.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-shut-in-car-in-parking-lot-need-answer-fast/581646)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-shut-in-car-in-parking-lot-need-answer-fast/581646 "2011-05-15T23:24:21Z")
So, I pull into the parking lot at the coffee shop this morning, and next to my spot there’s a car with yapping little dogs in it. “Ugh, yapping dogs,” I think, and then I realize, hey, yapping dogs. In car. With windows… --- ## [Historian: Historians have been wrong about the American right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historian-historians-have-been-wrong-about-the-american-right/784287)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historian-historians-have-been-wrong-about-the-american-right/784287 "2017-04-20T18:53:11Z")
In this lengthy essay, Rick Perlstein talks about how modern historians have systematically missed the big picture when it comes to analyzing the American right. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/magazine/i-thought-i-u… --- ## [Head & Shoulders, A High Theft Item](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-shoulders-a-high-theft-item/483188)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-shoulders-a-high-theft-item/483188 "2009-01-30T21:50:11Z")
I was in Walgreens tonight and they had the Head & Shoulders shampoo behind the plastic case, you know where you have to get someone to unlock so you can get the item. OK I may see this but it was the ONLY shampoo behin… --- ## [Do You Wish You Were a Kid Again? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wish-you-were-a-kid-again-why/95362)
**Author:** [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wish-you-were-a-kid-again-why/95362 "2014-01-12T23:05:19Z")
I know I do. I haven’t even been a real adult for all that long (depending on your definition, I may never have been, but that’s a matter of opinion meant for GD, not here, IMHO) having just turned 21 this past spring. B… --- ## [Two questions on the Traveler's Dilemma (statistics):](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-on-the-travelers-dilemma-statistics/638748)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-on-the-travelers-dilemma-statistics/638748 "2013-01-29T13:46:12Z")
Yes, I was bored and reading through Wikipedia. What of it? So you can read through the Traveler’s Dilemma at your leisure, but here’s the gist: Two travelers have lost their two exactly identical pieces of luggage. … --- ## [What True Crime Story Fascinates You Most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-true-crime-story-fascinates-you-most/1010511)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-true-crime-story-fascinates-you-most/1010511 "2026-09-30T05:11:20Z")
Currently, I seem to have a fixation on the story of Diane Schuler and her Taconic State Parkway Crash. I’m not sure why. Diane Schuler was a New York woman who drove the wrong way down the above mentioned parkway and … --- ## [Alien names in Star Trek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-names-in-star-trek/750909)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-names-in-star-trek/750909 "2016-04-11T19:49:19Z")
Does anyone know whether the Star Trek writers had any main theme or source of inspiration for the names of the various individual aliens? I’ve thought for some time that some alien names in Star Trek–particularly Carda… --- ## [Profiling Muslims e-mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profiling-muslims-e-mail/524393)
**Author:** [@Fantome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fantome)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profiling-muslims-e-mail/524393 "2010-01-13T01:21:49Z")
I get a lot of pro-Christian and anti-Muslim emails from one particular associate and I usually send back pretty good rebuttals. Any thoughts on this one?: We have a problem folks! Some Americans have become so insulat… --- ## [Every Immigrant Suddenly Vanishes from the USA...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-immigrant-suddenly-vanishes-from-the-usa/519828)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-immigrant-suddenly-vanishes-from-the-usa/519828 "2009-12-08T09:05:52Z")
Purely a hypothetical situation that I thought might create a lively discussion. Say that, one day, every single person who was not born in the area currently comprising the USA (and dependencies like Puerto Rico and Am… --- ## [Lost animated specials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-animated-specials/782635)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-animated-specials/782635 "2017-04-01T21:19:42Z")
Everybody is familiar with the animated specials that are broadcast year after year, like A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, and A Charlie Brown Christmas, but how about specials that we… --- ## [Bush to make homophobia a centerpiece of his campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-to-make-homophobia-a-centerpiece-of-his-campaign/224386)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-to-make-homophobia-a-centerpiece-of-his-campaign/224386 "2004-02-26T17:59:13Z")
NYTimes “Healthy marriage” is, of course, code for heterosexual marriage. This is a way for Bush to set himself off against that “queer lover” Dean (who legalized same-sex civil unions in Vermont) by pretending to care… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=532&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=534&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)