# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=54&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:** 55 --- ## [Star Trek Into Darkness Seen it thread. Spoilers to follow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-into-darkness-seen-it-thread-spoilers-to-follow/658528)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 343\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-into-darkness-seen-it-thread-spoilers-to-follow/658528 "2013-10-09T18:41:29Z")
Not as bad as I feared but not as good as I hoped. --- ## [F#@% these union busters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-these-union-busters/572896)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Replies:** 467\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-these-union-busters/572896 "2011-03-14T22:33:01Z")
I’m union, and damn proud of it. This demonization of unions is simply crazy to me - are people really that unaware of pre-union working conditions? It’s late, and I don’t have the time to write a better op worthy of a… --- ## [Liberals, Progressives, or Democrats, can we get over 'The Democrat Party?'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-progressives-or-democrats-can-we-get-over-the-democrat-party/689186)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 316\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-progressives-or-democrats-can-we-get-over-the-democrat-party/689186 "2014-06-16T17:00:01Z")
It’s not offensive. Really. Even if Ann Coulter spits it out like Rush Limbaugh’s jism, It’s just a word that some benighted souls use because they, like me, cannot see how it can be offensive, and a few use to get ou… --- ## [Is grown men wanting to have sex with teenagers really all that weird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-grown-men-wanting-to-have-sex-with-teenagers-really-all-that-weird/498382)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-grown-men-wanting-to-have-sex-with-teenagers-really-all-that-weird/498382 "2009-06-04T20:59:17Z")
In reading this thread it struck me how there is the taken for granted assumption that men wanting to have sex with teenage girls is just plain skeevy and weird. To be specific I’m talking about men who are attracted to… --- ## [Nude scenes by actresses you don't expect to go nude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876)
**Author:** [@MrSarcasticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSarcasticus)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-scenes-by-actresses-you-dont-expect-to-go-nude/213876 "2012-02-23T18:22:26Z")
Just rented a nasty Grade-Z thriller called PERFECT VICTIMS. I didn’t even know she was in it, but Jackie Swanson, who was Kelly, Woody’s girlfriend in “Cheers” was naked and very, very pert. I just always pictured her… --- ## [Maggie Gyllenhaal - attractive, or am I missing something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800 "2024-01-05T14:19:49Z")
I’ve never personally found Maggie Gyllenhaal attractive, but that’s ok… there are many women I do find attractive that others don’t. However, I happened to catch the latest Batman with Christian Bale and Heath Ledger a… --- ## [Deus Ex: Human Revolution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deus-ex-human-revolution/590678)
**Author:** [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Replies:** 338\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deus-ex-human-revolution/590678 "2011-11-28T03:01:45Z")
25 days until it comes out, is anyone else psyched about this? From all the interviews I’ve read it seems like the developers have put more thought into this game than most filmmakers put into their movies. Check out thi… --- ## [What seemingly innocuous things can you just NOT look at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-seemingly-innocuous-things-can-you-just-not-look-at/551714)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-seemingly-innocuous-things-can-you-just-not-look-at/551714 "2011-11-08T19:02:45Z")
This is NOT a thread for posting gross things that squick most people out. This is a thread for posting normal, everyday things that millions of people think nothing of that gross YOU out particularly, so that you avoid … --- ## [Glass fireplace doors - open or shut?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-fireplace-doors-open-or-shut/644040)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-fireplace-doors-open-or-shut/644040 "2015-11-18T19:42:08Z")
I’m asking for factual information and not just opinions so I hope this question stays in GQ. I want to put glass doors on our fireplace to keep us from losing so much heat up the chimney when we’re having a fire. My b… --- ## [So, this is what it looks like before the war.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-is-what-it-looks-like-before-the-war/772407)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 409\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-is-what-it-looks-like-before-the-war/772407 "2016-11-30T20:16:24Z")
I am struck by how many people are living in a fool’s paradise, talking about this election like it’s just another election. The news speak happily of the orderly transfer of power. Jon Stewart says he’s not worried; aft… --- ## [Cop shoot, kills teen after he skips out on check at IHOP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-shoot-kills-teen-after-he-skips-out-on-check-at-ihop/346478)
**Author:** [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Replies:** 552\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2006, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-shoot-kills-teen-after-he-skips-out-on-check-at-ihop/346478 "2006-07-01T06:42:38Z")
This happened last weekend in Northern Virginia. An 18-year-old was killed by a police officer moonlighting as a security guard at an IHOP after he and three of his friends skipped out on their check. The cop followed th… --- ## [If you are a male who thinks rape is about sex, not power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-a-male-who-thinks-rape-is-about-sex-not-power/513212)
**Author:** [@MissIntent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissIntent)\ **Replies:** 387\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-a-male-who-thinks-rape-is-about-sex-not-power/513212 "2009-10-30T08:16:48Z")
Do you fantasize about raping women? Would you rape a woman if you wouldn’t get in trouble for it? Only at those men who argue that rape is about sex, not about power or dominance. If you believe that, what stops you … --- ## [Sorry ladies, you can't hang with the SEALS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-ladies-you-cant-hang-with-the-seals/661250)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 435\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-ladies-you-cant-hang-with-the-seals/661250 "2013-11-05T12:26:19Z")
Sorry, I hope this doesn,t happen. You are fighter pilots, chopper pilots, forward combat ops. et al. But you can’t hang with the best special ops guys we have. Only because you are physically less capable than men. No o… --- ## [Tacky memorial cross on our property. What would you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-memorial-cross-on-our-property-what-would-you-do/638952)
**Author:** [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Replies:** 316\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tacky-memorial-cross-on-our-property-what-would-you-do/638952 "2013-04-15T22:31:51Z")
We recently bought a bank owned house on 15 acres of land which had been vacant for 4 years. There is a pretty good sized creek running through the property, which crosses under the road across from the house. In 2007, t… --- ## [Jonathan Pollard, Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-pollard-again/554528)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 341\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-pollard-again/554528 "2015-07-25T03:12:58Z")
The New York Times is reporting that the Israelis are informally asking the US to release the spy Jonathan Pollard. The idea is that such a release would reward the Netanyahu government for the heat they would take for … --- ## [Dear Lynn "Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child" Bodoni:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-lynn-spare-the-rod-and-spoil-the-child-bodoni/601752)
**Author:** [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-lynn-spare-the-rod-and-spoil-the-child-bodoni/601752 "2011-11-13T01:37:22Z")
I haven’t commented in the Aransas Cty (TX) judge beats daughter for downloading from the Internet (2004 incident) thread because pretty much anything I can think to say about that terrible situation has been said at lea… --- ## [the Individual or the Collective??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-individual-or-the-collective/645051)
**Author:** [@wildorchid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wildorchid)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-individual-or-the-collective/645051 "2013-01-12T13:53:34Z")
Individuality and self-dependence/ self-reliance are core American values, and Capitalism is a partner to them. (oppurtunity, ect…) Collectivism is becoming more mainstream in American ‘thinking’ and culture, and i see … --- ## [Food Nazis Jess, calm kiwi, yosemite and even sven ... front and center](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-nazis-jess-calm-kiwi-yosemite-and-even-sven-front-and-center/290021)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 559\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-nazis-jess-calm-kiwi-yosemite-and-even-sven-front-and-center/290021 "2005-02-24T02:21:04Z")
I seldom pit individual Dopers, but my blood is boiling after reading this thread. Fuck you all. Guess I’m a lesser person in your eyes, because my diet is less diverse than yours. Yes, I’m a picky eater, although… --- ## [GMO Foods: No one can seriously dispute what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmo-foods-no-one-can-seriously-dispute-what/694571)
**Author:** [@hblask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hblask)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmo-foods-no-one-can-seriously-dispute-what/694571 "2014-08-21T00:06:42Z")
In the post on GMO foods, one of the lines is: No one can seriously dispute the public’s right to know the GMO content of consumer products The rest of the article is devoted to pointing out that there is no evidence o… --- ## [Bush-Kerry Debate: Part Deux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 742\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-kerry-debate-part-deux/268302 "2004-10-11T22:52:14Z")
I’m betting they coached Bush not to pause and blink so much but I expect him to suck again anyway. Hopefully they’ll focus on some domestic issues and get off the damn WOT. --- ## [Have you ever used your sock to masturbate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-your-sock-to-masturbate/587846)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-your-sock-to-masturbate/587846 "2013-04-03T15:35:11Z")
I’ll be honest. I’m a dude so have choked the chicken quite a bit over my lifetime, but I’d never heard of using a sock to masturbate until I saw the film American Pie (well into adulthood). But from cultural jokes and r… --- ## [Orange is the New Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-is-the-new-black/663399)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-is-the-new-black/663399 "2014-05-22T13:48:10Z")
I watched the first episode and was hooked. I then binged on the rest. Anyone else watching? If so, what do you think? --- ## [Herman Cain: Action Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herman-cain-action-hero/595947)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herman-cain-action-hero/595947 "2011-10-27T14:17:16Z")
You can watch Herman Cain’s new campaign ad here. I have nothing to say, because my jaw is still busy dropping. The comments there say it for me though. Politico is not a left-wing site, BTW. --- ## [Game of Thrones 6.02 "Home" 5/1/16 \[Show discussion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-02-home-5-1-16-show-discussion/753643)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 434\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-02-home-5-1-16-show-discussion/753643 "2016-05-12T04:21:31Z")
6.01 The Red Woman The books do not exist in this thread. This is the thread for open discussion about the books and show. --- ## [Dems - Defend your Senators holding the budget bill hostage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-defend-your-senators-holding-the-budget-bill-hostage/806968)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 616\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dems-defend-your-senators-holding-the-budget-bill-hostage/806968 "2018-02-01T14:25:40Z")
Every time the Pubs held the government hostage by threatening a shutdown because of the increasing debt, the Dems (here and in Congress) lose their stuff. “How dare they allow a shutdown.” “OMG this is the end of Amer… --- ## [The long and winding divorce.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-and-winding-divorce/639510)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-and-winding-divorce/639510 "2013-04-02T05:05:37Z")
So anyway, tonight it’s official. My wife wants to leave and take the kids: 13 and 15 years old. We both knew this was looming. We’re both trying to be “adult” about it. We need to do things around the house to make … --- ## [How much is a fatal overdose of Tylenol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-fatal-overdose-of-tylenol/530287)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-fatal-overdose-of-tylenol/530287 "2010-02-27T02:38:09Z")
At nytimes.com it states that “Dr. Ivins, a microbiologist who had worked with anthrax for decades as part of the vaccine program at the Army’s biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick, Md., took a fatal overdose of Tylenol… --- ## [Looking for Skeleton Puns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181)
**Author:** [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-skeleton-puns/215181 "2016-12-18T13:05:08Z")
Aside from “BONEFIED!”, can anyone think of any good skeleton puns out there? --- ## [Believers: How do we know that the Bible is God's word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believers-how-do-we-know-that-the-bible-is-gods-word/528028)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 341\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believers-how-do-we-know-that-the-bible-is-gods-word/528028 "2010-03-06T14:59:01Z")
I guess non believers can chime in and take their shots here if they want, but my question is directed at believers. I’m a Christian who, admittedly has struggled with my faith from time to time. I believe in Jesus and… --- ## [NHL April+Playoffs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 391\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-april-playoffs/685681 "2014-06-25T02:10:13Z")
Woohoo the Wings are very nearly assured,except for utter catastrophe, of making the Playoffs for the 23rd straight year. It was very close there for a long while, but it would a heck of a thing to lose to injuries. --- ## [Idle Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512)
**Author:** [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Replies:** 343\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts/716512 "2015-04-03T13:10:04Z")
I just received a PM from your account. Between being very rarely active on the SDMB and the content, it seemed unlikely that you sent it and just wanted to give you a heads up if you had not. If you did, I can respond … --- ## [SDMB Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2014 \[signup closed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2014-signup-closed/704314)
**Author:** [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Replies:** 386\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2014-signup-closed/704314 "2015-01-03T17:45:37Z")
Ok, so this is a little on the early side, but we got off to a late start last year and I have been seeing signs that some people are getting a bit antsy for an exchange of some kind. Here’s how it works: PM me. Plea… --- ## [Super Bowl XLV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 412\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlv/569789 "2011-02-09T03:47:26Z")
I’ll be damned if I’m posting my thoughts on this game in a Steeler thread. First things first. Thanks to a very loving wife and an awesome sister with some nice connections, I actually get to go to the Super Bowl. It’s… --- ## [Would you shoot child and kill your child in this situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-shoot-child-and-kill-your-child-in-this-situation/277759)
**Author:** [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-shoot-child-and-kill-your-child-in-this-situation/277759 "2007-11-06T17:40:50Z")
You are driving out in middle of the country. There is nobody else around. Your back left tire blows and you lose control of the car and it hits a tree. There is a lot of damage to the car. Your seven year-old child is t… --- ## [Obama to Palestinians: "No short cuts"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-to-palestinians-no-short-cuts/597068)
**Author:** [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Replies:** 328\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-to-palestinians-no-short-cuts/597068 "2014-11-21T15:46:31Z")
Obama, you spineless, whining picture boy. You may be POTUS but only in form. You work from the script. And the script was written before you got elected. You just made sure you’ll follow the script best. What a disgra… --- ## [Argent Towers, a moment of your time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227)
**Author:** [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Replies:** 452\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-a-moment-of-your-time/529227 "2010-02-19T06:41:33Z")
Argent Towers, your zeal to improve minds and expand worldviews is admirable. I question, however, your methods in this thread. Frankly, your actions are dangerous. Curtis has said that his family is religious. What … --- ## [Is evolutionary psychology a pseudoscience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-evolutionary-psychology-a-pseudoscience/604873)
**Author:** [@Scathach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scathach)\ **Replies:** 309\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-evolutionary-psychology-a-pseudoscience/604873 "2011-12-24T17:04:49Z")
Question as in title really. This may or may not be more suited to General Questions but it’s pretty debate worthy I think. I was reading a thread about feminism on a different board, and some people mentioned how evolu… --- ## [Math question (order of operations)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-question-order-of-operations/633453)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2015, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-question-order-of-operations/633453 "2015-03-24T07:28:14Z")
This popped up in my Facebook today. 6-1X0+2/2=? Half of the answers say the correct answer is 7 as you do the order of operations with multiplication and division first giving you: 6-(1X0)+(2/2) 6-0+1=7 The other … --- ## [Swing state polling and the electoral college map](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994)
**Author:** [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Replies:** 788\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994 "2020-11-25T19:54:33Z")
CNBC has the first swing state polls in a while so it’s a good time to examine state polling and the implied electoral college map. The poll has Biden up 7 points nationally but the swing states aren’t nearly as comfo… --- ## [True or false: "Soldiers tend to intentionally fire over the enemy's head, or not to fire at all."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false-soldiers-tend-to-intentionally-fire-over-the-enemys-head-or-not-to-fire-at-all/514385)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false-soldiers-tend-to-intentionally-fire-over-the-enemys-head-or-not-to-fire-at-all/514385 "2015-07-13T19:02:18Z")
A sidebar in a book I’m currently reading discusses the wartime behavior of soldiers and their reluctance to kill even in life-threatening situations. This strikes me as pacifist hopeful thinking – when it comes to “kil… --- ## [Best way to get revenge on a food thief?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-revenge-on-a-food-thief/553691)
**Author:** [@be\_bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/be_bright)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-revenge-on-a-food-thief/553691 "2010-09-18T03:22:34Z")
I never, EVER use the shared fridge/freezer in my residence hall because 1) EW! and 2) food thieves. But the res halls limit the size of the fridge we can keep in our dorm rooms, and sometimes I want a half gallon of coo… --- ## [Fat patient in the blood lab center](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059)
**Author:** [@bri1600bv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bri1600bv)\ **Replies:** 429\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059 "2009-10-22T15:46:32Z")
I had to have a blood test. In the waiting room there was this fat beast woman. I mean just gobs of fat hanging off her…don’t think she could even walk without a walker or something. I heard her talking a bit to some … --- ## [Navy destroyer Fitzgerald collides with merchant ship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-destroyer-fitzgerald-collides-with-merchant-ship/789149)
**Author:** [@Ornery\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ornery_Bob)\ **Replies:** 331\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-destroyer-fitzgerald-collides-with-merchant-ship/789149 "2018-06-22T14:47:11Z")
Navy destroyer Fitzgerald collides with merchant ship. How does something like this even happen? Granted, it was 2:00 am and dark, but both ships had to have lights on and lookouts posted. One would think making sure a… --- ## [Holy crap! No more Dio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 343\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-no-more-dio/596416 "2011-09-16T16:17:53Z")
See here. I can’t say that I exactly liked Diogenes the Cynic. He was … well, I’m not gonna go through a list of his faults, partly because it’s tacky and partly because I’m sure I have more. But he also has his virtue… --- ## [Marvel's Avengers - early reviews seem positive \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-avengers-early-reviews-seem-positive-edited-title/619406)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 294\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2012, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-avengers-early-reviews-seem-positive-edited-title/619406 "2012-07-05T08:09:00Z")
100% on Rotten Tomatoes, but only 14 reviews. See here. General kudos are getting sent Joss Whedon’s way for knitting together a complex set of story threads, characters and movie studio requirements into something tha… --- ## [Which 2020 Democrat CAN defeat Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2020-democrat-can-defeat-trump/818218)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 562\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2020-democrat-can-defeat-trump/818218 "2019-02-28T22:41:46Z")
I like many on this board saw no way to a Trump White House (pretty sure Trump did not either). But the fact remains that Trump tapped into some real frustration with the “staus quo” democrats. Trump also did very well w… --- ## [Why do Christians — America’s most populous religious group — feel so victimized?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-christians-america-s-most-populous-religious-group-feel-so-victimized/685012)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 294\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-christians-america-s-most-populous-religious-group-feel-so-victimized/685012 "2014-04-08T17:54:52Z")
Here are some excerpts from a recently published opinion piece by Chase Madar, an attorney in New York and the author of “The Passion of \[Chelsea\] Manning: The Story Behind the Wikileaks Whistleblower,” in Al Jazeera Ame… --- ## [Arguing against; "The definition of 'Marriage' is between a man and a woman".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arguing-against-the-definition-of-marriage-is-between-a-man-and-a-woman/522231)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arguing-against-the-definition-of-marriage-is-between-a-man-and-a-woman/522231 "2010-02-13T13:25:38Z")
I had a gentle debate with co-workers on behave of gay marriage in the breakroom the other day. Although I illustrated my point ok, I would like to know the proper defense against this claim. They said; “Why not call i… --- ## [adaher, you cowardly shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adaher-you-cowardly-shit/737798)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 393\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adaher-you-cowardly-shit/737798 "2016-09-08T14:35:33Z")
From the SRIOTD thread: You’re perfectly willing to trade American lives when it’s sending soldiers off to yet another war in the Middle East, so let’s not pretend this is about that. This is about you being a snivell… --- ## [How Did Library Checkout Work Before Computerizaton?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-library-checkout-work-before-computerizaton/535191)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-library-checkout-work-before-computerizaton/535191 "2013-08-15T14:20:52Z")
I can’t remember this. Now-a-days the inventory in a library is all on computers. So it’s just a scan/bar code type thing. I’m trying to remember back but I can’t be sure. If I’m not mistaken didn’t each book have a ca… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=53&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=55&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)