# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=540&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:** 541 --- ## [Celebrity Apprentice - Is this going to as bad as I think it is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-is-this-going-to-as-bad-as-i-think-it-is/432026)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-apprentice-is-this-going-to-as-bad-as-i-think-it-is/432026 "2008-04-09T19:47:23Z")
It starts tomorrow. In the original series you at least had people who had some business background and a reason to want to win. $250,000 a year and a job in a major corporation. This cast of losers has nothing to gai… --- ## [What are 10 good reasons to go vegan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-10-good-reasons-to-go-vegan/610336)
**Author:** [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-10-good-reasons-to-go-vegan/610336 "2012-01-25T03:00:51Z")
I’ve been thinking of making the change but kinda iffy about it…any vegans here? --- ## [The Lego Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lego-movie/679652)
**Author:** [@mortal\_wombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mortal_wombat)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lego-movie/679652 "2014-05-05T01:39:26Z")
So, who’s excited for The Lego Movie? I know I speak for a lot of people when I say that Lego was a big part of my childhood and to be honest, it’s still fun when you’re past the age of 10. I haven’t been to the cinema … --- ## [Did you watch "The Day After" when it first aired and what did you think of it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-the-day-after-when-it-first-aired-and-what-did-you-think-of-it/630365)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-the-day-after-when-it-first-aired-and-what-did-you-think-of-it/630365 "2014-01-31T04:42:52Z")
I watched it recently. I quite like it. I don’t think it’s as good as Threads, the UK nuclear war drama from around the same time, but it has its moments. I’m curious what dopers who are old enough to recall it when it a… --- ## [More on my sister-in-law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-on-my-sister-in-law/672260)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-on-my-sister-in-law/672260 "2015-03-28T03:43:11Z")
As I have written before, my sister-in-law lives with us to temporarily help her out (2.5 years ago). I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this but she doesn’t understand why all of he other roommates in the past have kicked … --- ## [Just a brief Fuck You to Der...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-brief-fuck-you-to-der/440601)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-brief-fuck-you-to-der/440601 "2008-03-17T08:05:26Z")
\[QUOTE=Der Trihs\] Except that Iran isn’t composed of US suckups. I expect that to an Iraq war/US apologist like xtisme, anything that doesn’t keep Iraq a subjugated puppet of the US is “dire”. \[/QUOTE\] And feel free t… --- ## [Skip Star Wars : Rogue One and go see La La Land instead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skip-star-wars-rogue-one-and-go-see-la-la-land-instead/775013)
**Author:** [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skip-star-wars-rogue-one-and-go-see-la-la-land-instead/775013 "2017-01-31T12:45:35Z")
It’s the best movie you’ll see all year --- ## [Apparently Republican women do not want to be kept barefoot and pregnant.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539 "2015-01-24T02:03:10Z")
\*\*This will be in the pit very quickly, so I’ll start it here. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Ice Cream Trucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-trucks/622877)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-trucks/622877 "2012-05-29T02:45:09Z")
Perhaps my childhood delusion has finally worn off after 26 years, but is it me or are ice cream trucks creepy as hell nowadays? Hear me out, when I was a kid, most ice cream trucks looked a little somethin’ like this. … --- ## [Why can't I whistle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-whistle/647906)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-whistle/647906 "2013-01-24T16:03:42Z")
Many years ago when I was a child my mom, my siblings and my friends all tried to teach me how to whistle. Yeah, I know, “just pucker your lips and blow.” Despite all their efforts, I never learned. Eventually everyon… --- ## [How would you fix American policing? (UPDATED)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-fix-american-policing-updated/847555)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-fix-american-policing-updated/847555 "2020-03-03T16:20:31Z")
I’ll put it in this Great Debates thread. How would you fix policing, especially with minority communities the most? It is a bigger issue than abortion, climate change in my opinion, because public safety is a big issu… --- ## [I Think all Mods/Admins should remove all dopers from their email contact lists, but I'll settle ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-all-mods-admins-should-remove-all-dopers-from-their-email-contact-lists-but-ill-settle/652716)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-all-mods-admins-should-remove-all-dopers-from-their-email-contact-lists-but-ill-settle/652716 "2013-03-14T23:45:45Z")
I Think all Mods/Admins should remove all Dopers from their email contact lists, but I’ll settle … for removing my email address. This is in reference to this thread, in which we learn Ed Zotti hit a wrong button in Lin… --- ## [Movie flaws that ANYONE should notice...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939)
**Author:** [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939 "2006-10-30T22:06:04Z")
…if they’re either paying close attention, or see the movie a few times too many. This is inspired by the “Movie flaws that no one should notice” thread in this forum, in which the OP wants flaws that you would only spo… --- ## [Should we be able to sue non-vaccinating parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-be-able-to-sue-non-vaccinating-parents/666145)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-be-able-to-sue-non-vaccinating-parents/666145 "2013-08-22T01:13:34Z")
My law professor friend Dorit argues yes. I am not a lawyer but some of these vaccine preventable diseases are incredibly dangerous and highly contagious. To court them by non-vaccination seems as deliberate a threat to… --- ## [How to siphon gas out of my cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-siphon-gas-out-of-my-cars/646696)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-siphon-gas-out-of-my-cars/646696 "2013-01-12T01:49:52Z")
A few weeks ago, a blizzard knocked out our power. I decided to fire up the generator, just to make sure it was working. It’s a small one, not hard-wired into the house but rather to be used to run the fridge, freezer,… --- ## [Jodie Foster's Golden Globe Speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-fosters-golden-globe-speech/647262)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodie-fosters-golden-globe-speech/647262 "2013-01-21T04:57:56Z")
Anyone see this? Hey, I’m not up on these award ceremonies, but this was a very nice speech on what has been conjectured for years. Very classy. I love you Jodie, except that well… --- ## [Why does the $ symbol go in front of the amount?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-symbol-go-in-front-of-the-amount/521362)
**Author:** [@taffygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taffygirl)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-symbol-go-in-front-of-the-amount/521362 "2009-12-19T20:13:21Z")
The ¢ symbol comes after the amount, the % comes after the amount, yet with dollars (and pounds and other similar forms of currency) the symbol comes before the amount. We don’t SAY “dollars fifty,” so why do we WRITE “$… --- ## [Seat belts - what the hell is wrong with these parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-belts-what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-these-parents/110538)
**Author:** [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-belts-what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-these-parents/110538 "2002-06-05T16:34:35Z")
Allow me to vent, please… Are some poeple stupid enough to think that in the event of an accident they’ll be able to keep their kids from flying through the windshield and going SPLAT on the street? Recently I’ve seen: … --- ## [Negotiation Is Over: Why people hate animal rights activists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negotiation-is-over-why-people-hate-animal-rights-activists/576418)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negotiation-is-over-why-people-hate-animal-rights-activists/576418 "2011-04-06T15:11:54Z")
OK, this is either actionable or just this side of actionable: Charming. This is just amazing. However, this is the icing on the cake. They want to attack students: Now, why would they be interested in the fact st… --- ## [Man Thows Shoes at W: Can He Sink Lower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-thows-shoes-at-w-can-he-sink-lower/477137)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-thows-shoes-at-w-can-he-sink-lower/477137 "2008-12-23T02:51:42Z")
Not sure what forum this belongs in. Can Bush’s life and legacy sink any lower? He was giving a speech during a surprise visit to Iraq and a man threw not one, but two shoes at him (apparently an insult in the middle eas… --- ## [Support for my Husband \[RIP, condolences-ed. ITD\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-my-husband-rip-condolences-ed-itd/734682)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2015, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-my-husband-rip-condolences-ed-itd/734682 "2015-11-08T10:47:59Z")
\[Prior approval granted by the moderators.\] As many Dopers know, my husband has been sick for some time. Five years ago, he was diagnosed with non-alcoholic cirrhosis (NASH) and you all have heard me struggle endlessly … --- ## [Dutch Hospital Euthanizing Gravely Ill Babies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-hospital-euthanizing-gravely-ill-babies/277553)
**Author:** [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-hospital-euthanizing-gravely-ill-babies/277553 "2004-12-05T21:51:15Z")
I am not really sure what to think of this. What are your thoughts on euthanizing babies? Do you see a chance that this policy could be abused? I am disturbed that the severally mentally retarded can be euthanized under… --- ## [Caveman names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-names/375226)
**Author:** [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-names/375226 "2006-10-08T01:57:54Z")
No, I’m not going to ask what Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon called each other; I know we don’t know. What I do want to ask is if there is any particular reason that the names of primitive people would be more along the lin… --- ## [Coffee. Because jail is a real place and you can't get the MMP there.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-because-jail-is-a-real-place-and-you-cant-get-the-mmp-there/752545)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-because-jail-is-a-real-place-and-you-cant-get-the-mmp-there/752545 "2016-04-25T03:38:21Z")
I’m sitting in the parking lot of a local Catholic Church, waiting for my usual Monday morning kaffee klatch. It’s me and a few others and it’s a nice start to my week. It’s like a real-life MMP. It’s also my second-to-… --- ## [DADT repeal: National security destroyed, our soldiers raped in their sleep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dadt-repeal-national-security-destroyed-our-soldiers-raped-in-their-sleep/564737)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dadt-repeal-national-security-destroyed-our-soldiers-raped-in-their-sleep/564737 "2010-12-24T12:12:22Z")
Bryan Fischer: Benedict Arnold Republicans destroy military and our national security. I find it somewhat impressive how the fear-mongering is on at least 3 different levels: National security is destroyed There will… --- ## [Wouldn't Switching US healthcare to a Canadian system lower the debt faster than anything else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-switching-us-healthcare-to-a-canadian-system-lower-the-debt-faster-than-anything-else/736747)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-switching-us-healthcare-to-a-canadian-system-lower-the-debt-faster-than-anything-else/736747 "2015-11-16T21:54:36Z")
You often hear conservatives rail against obamacare and medicare/medicaid, but I did some napkin math on a couple of stats and I wanted to get your thoughts. Take a look at this healthcare expenditure index from many co… --- ## [Is it time to declare war on Oil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-declare-war-on-oil/544901)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-declare-war-on-oil/544901 "2010-07-03T06:06:02Z")
Say we drop all the other wars as (literally) practically irrelevant. The war on drugs. The war in Iraq. The War in Afghanistan. Your stupid personal war. The jihadists’ war against America. The unknown foreigners’ war v… --- ## [Is sex with a hooker "essentially masturbation"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sex-with-a-hooker-essentially-masturbation/728117)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sex-with-a-hooker-essentially-masturbation/728117 "2017-11-02T01:48:34Z")
In a thread I’m too lazy to link to, a Doper whose name I have forgotten in a middle-aged-haze has asserted that sex with a hooker is “essentially masturbation” – meaning, I presume, that the lack of emotional connection… --- ## [Factual data: how many "welfare queens" versus the unvoluntarily unemployed of good will ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-data-how-many-welfare-queens-versus-the-unvoluntarily-unemployed-of-good-will/571295)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-data-how-many-welfare-queens-versus-the-unvoluntarily-unemployed-of-good-will/571295 "2011-02-21T15:38:17Z")
The current threads show me many, many people feel that there are many people “leeching off welfare”. Others see those as a few bad apples when the majortiy of the people on welfare are involuntarily unemployed and hard… --- ## [Crazy Ideas That Made Sense When You Were A Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ideas-that-made-sense-when-you-were-a-kid/391267)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ideas-that-made-sense-when-you-were-a-kid/391267 "2007-02-22T21:00:18Z")
Post #2 over in this thread mentions using a flamethrower to assist with clearing the driveway of snow. Man, that idea brings me back… \ I was, oh, I dunno…four, maybe five or… --- ## [SDMB Weight Loss Club, Number Four](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-number-four/221949)
**Author:** [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-weight-loss-club-number-four/221949 "2004-04-03T14:50:56Z")
Since liirogue, MeanJoe, and Quasimodem don’t seem to be around to start it, the responsibility falls to me. Here is our new Weight Loss Club thread. I don’t know if “Club” is the right term, though. We welcome every… --- ## [2011 New Zealand General Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-new-zealand-general-election/601542)
**Author:** [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-new-zealand-general-election/601542 "2011-12-02T00:32:26Z")
Bored of the US’s interminable election cycle? Want to discuss an election that’ll be over in less than four weeks time? Well this is the thread for you fellow political junkie. Background New Zealand goes to the polls… --- ## [The Rationale for Quitting Smoking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rationale-for-quitting-smoking/518434)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rationale-for-quitting-smoking/518434 "2009-11-28T18:37:20Z")
I’ve been smoking for over 20 years now. Smoking runs in my family. All the males do it, and my father is currently in his 80’s with no adverse health effects. Imho, once you take health reasons out of the equation, is t… --- ## [Sold car and clutch went out the next day... am I responsible.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sold-car-and-clutch-went-out-the-next-day-am-i-responsible/575531)
**Author:** [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sold-car-and-clutch-went-out-the-next-day-am-i-responsible/575531 "2011-03-23T21:41:06Z")
We sold a used 03 BMW 330i on Saturday… and the buyer is saying today (Monday) that the clutch went out. We never had any clutch problems. The car was sold “as is”, with high mileage, a crack in the windshield, needing … --- ## [What did your grandfather do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-your-grandfather-do/29814)
**Author:** [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-your-grandfather-do/29814 "2008-07-14T18:25:04Z")
Have you ever talked to anyone about your grandparents? Tell us who they were and what they did, if you care to. My grandfather worked for Ethan Allen in New York from the '20s to the '50s as a furniture designer. I wis… --- ## ["I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you"--origin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-tell-you-but-then-id-have-to-kill-you-origin/205606)
**Author:** [@slipster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slipster)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-tell-you-but-then-id-have-to-kill-you-origin/205606 "2003-10-05T20:21:26Z")
The remark cited in the heading has been a standard flippant answer for at least ten-twenty years. A friend says that it first became a catch phrase after being used in a movie, but she doesn’t know what movie. Can any… --- ## [How is money laundering detected and proven?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-money-laundering-detected-and-proven/758194)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-money-laundering-detected-and-proven/758194 "2016-07-04T09:50:54Z")
Whether it’s Al Capone or others, how does the police first suspect that someone is engaged in money laundering and then go about proving it? Can layering make it impossible to trace the money as opposed to just requiri… --- ## [What will the year 2060 be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-year-2060-be-like/773986)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-year-2060-be-like/773986 "2017-01-31T22:09:41Z")
Will globalization continue to make the world’s countries more alike? Will the Internet be the same or even still around in the same way? Will the Earth be richer due to economic growth or poorer due to depletion of reso… --- ## [Re "Marriage is for White People" what is the "swag" that black men have, and white men do not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-marriage-is-for-white-people-what-is-the-swag-that-black-men-have-and-white-men-do-not/595147)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-marriage-is-for-white-people-what-is-the-swag-that-black-men-have-and-white-men-do-not/595147 "2011-09-09T02:59:43Z")
Per this article What precisely is “swag”? --- ## [Idiots ruining my favorite video game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-ruining-my-favorite-video-game/598802)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-ruining-my-favorite-video-game/598802 "2011-10-11T19:38:52Z")
All right, for those of you who know anything about fighting games, this may be interesting. I play Super Smash Bros Brawl on a semiprofessional level in my country (I tend to place top half at large tournaments and top … --- ## [James O'Keefe vs. CNN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-vs-cnn/780552)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-okeefe-vs-cnn/780552 "2017-03-02T17:00:19Z")
\[The AP is reporting: \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_CNN\_RECORDINGS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-02-23-07-18-06)IMO all of his previous efforts have been much ado about nothing, even if… --- ## [What's the largest city in the world with no Chinese restaurants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-city-in-the-world-with-no-chinese-restaurants/692075)
**Author:** [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-city-in-the-world-with-no-chinese-restaurants/692075 "2014-07-03T20:00:47Z")
The Chinese diaspora has spread all over the world, but is there anyplace they’ve avoided? My WAG would be some industrial city in Siberia. --- ## [My Review of the First Episode of Breaking Bad (Long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-review-of-the-first-episode-of-breaking-bad-long/595362)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-review-of-the-first-episode-of-breaking-bad-long/595362 "2011-09-11T19:58:53Z")
In this thread I was challenged to watch the first episode of the television show Breaking Bad. This was issued to me in response to my assertion in the thread that contemporary television, excuse me, blows chunks. I h… --- ## [Users Who End Posts with Their Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/users-who-end-posts-with-their-names/500940)
**Author:** [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/users-who-end-posts-with-their-names/500940 "2009-07-06T19:37:24Z")
Dear SDMB users who sign your posts with some form of your username, Are you morons? Do you not realize that your name is RIGHT FUCKING THERE at the top of your post? In GIANT FUCKING LETTERS, even! Do you think everyon… --- ## [Is it too early to declare the PS3 a failure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-declare-the-ps3-a-failure/387270)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-early-to-declare-the-ps3-a-failure/387270 "2007-01-26T19:40:21Z")
It’s looking really, really grim; the system is ridiculously overpriced, has no killer app and doesn’t have one in sight for the near future, and at a time when their competitors are flying off off the shelves, $600 PS3’… --- ## [Musical notation: phrases that are repeated more than twice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-notation-phrases-that-are-repeated-more-than-twice/574521)
**Author:** [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-notation-phrases-that-are-repeated-more-than-twice/574521 "2011-03-15T20:38:56Z")
I’m stumped. I took piano for many years, but I don’t think I’ve ever come across a notation that indicates a phrase played more than 2x. I’m trying to notate a piece of music called “Music for a Found Harmonium” by Pe… --- ## [Cliches that you HATE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-that-you-hate/377255)
**Author:** [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2006, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-that-you-hate/377255 "2006-11-27T06:34:50Z")
The cliches I loath: A woman is shown a child and told its her’s. She first denies it, then accepts the child and bonds to it. (Seems to show up in science fiction: Battle Star Galatica, Eureka, The X-Files.) There i… --- ## [Meaning of an possibly very rude comment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-an-possibly-very-rude-comment/647116 "2013-01-15T19:14:36Z")
If this is just too rude, please; I apologize. In this, “Why don’t you crawl back up in the hole you came out of”, what is the term “hole” referring to? Peace, mangeorge --- ## [Raising a genderless child from birth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-a-genderless-child-from-birth/812013)
**Author:** [@Warm\_blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Warm_blood)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-a-genderless-child-from-birth/812013 "2018-04-23T03:45:16Z")
This article chronicles several parents who are attempting to raise children to not identify with any gender. They refer to their unusual approach to child rearing as “gender-open parenting”. They refuse for the child’s … --- ## [I just had a few LDS "missionaries" visit my house.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-few-lds-missionaries-visit-my-house/349749)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-few-lds-missionaries-visit-my-house/349749 "2006-03-30T14:37:20Z")
You know what I’m talking about: the guys that come to your door and say that they would like to share the Word of Jesus Christ with you. Now, I’m a bit sick right now (basically bedridden for the last 3 days) and I’m a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=539&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=541&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)