# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=563&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:** 564 --- ## [What color was Data (Star Trek)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-was-data-star-trek/490534)
**Author:** [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-was-data-star-trek/490534 "2009-03-25T21:04:30Z")
My wife and I have had a consistent disagreement about Data’s color. I have always thought he was green and she has always stated that he was white. I have to admit, there are times that his skin looks white, but other… --- ## [Apple Laptops - Where To Buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-laptops-where-to-buy/541983)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-laptops-where-to-buy/541983 "2010-06-09T04:25:43Z")
Our son is off to college in a couple of months. His preference for a laptop is Apple. Never having purchased any Apple products, I have no idea where to get the best price. Is there such a thing as a deal on an Apple… --- ## [F-35 v. A-10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-35-v-a-10/681521)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-35-v-a-10/681521 "2014-02-22T03:53:07Z")
I’ll try to present the salient points from this article by Andrew Cockburn, and you can decide what position is best. Obviously an F-35 would usually shoot down an A-10, but planning dogfights within our own military i… --- ## [Your favorite real\* mixed drink that nobody else has heard of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-real-mixed-drink-that-nobody-else-has-heard-of/659775)
**Author:** [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-real-mixed-drink-that-nobody-else-has-heard-of/659775 "2013-07-12T20:25:01Z")
Alcoholic is implied, but not necessary. By “real,” I mean it has to have some actual, valid record, whether in bar books or on the internet. It can’t be a drink you or someone you know submitted. It can’t be something y… --- ## [Recommend me some tv binge-watching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-tv-binge-watching/690995)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-tv-binge-watching/690995 "2014-07-02T14:16:57Z")
I’ve got a bit of downtime off of work, and could use some delicious bingewatching. I just binged on Orange is the New Black and loved it. Here are some other shows I love but have already consumed, like a hungry shark … --- ## [Quick! How to remove skunk odor from car in two days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-to-remove-skunk-odor-from-car-in-two-days/444918)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-how-to-remove-skunk-odor-from-car-in-two-days/444918 "2008-04-16T01:44:40Z")
My brother in law and his wife just had a baby! Yay! However, on the way to the hospital, he managed to hit a skunk… and now his car smells really strongly of skunk. He’s going to be taking his wife and new daughter (… --- ## [Special forces mistake Afghan boys school for IED cell, execute students](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-forces-mistake-afghan-boys-school-for-ied-cell-execute-students/536189)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-forces-mistake-afghan-boys-school-for-ied-cell-execute-students/536189 "2010-04-17T02:19:42Z")
Link, London Times link. Or, “Why Afghanistan is a deadend for the NATO coalition” and why all attempts to win over “hearts and minds” are a failure. US special forces dropped into Afghanistan’s Kunar province come acr… --- ## [Legalized Marijuana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalized-marijuana/544818)
**Author:** [@Punisher\_11B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punisher_11B)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalized-marijuana/544818 "2010-07-06T13:16:20Z")
Ok, maybe this debate will be better. If the United States decided to legalize Marijuana, what do you think would happen to our economy? In my opinion I think it would kill our internal crop market and we would have to… --- ## [Europe is a cool place to visit, right? (donation request)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/europe-is-a-cool-place-to-visit-right-donation-request/715241)
**Author:** [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/europe-is-a-cool-place-to-visit-right-donation-request/715241 "2015-04-01T15:36:57Z")
This post has been approved by the mods I am humbly submitting a request for my fellow dopers to look at a Go Fund Me page set up for my daughter. If you have a few bucks to spare and can throw her way it would be much … --- ## [As a Centrist - This is where the far left loses me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-centrist-this-is-where-the-far-left-loses-me/854917)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-centrist-this-is-where-the-far-left-loses-me/854917 "2020-06-25T03:32:14Z")
So drinking my coffee this morning and I ran across this article (linked below) where the Sacramento Kings play by play announcer was suspended for a tweet in response to an NBA player that asked him about Black Lives Ma… --- ## [Fucking bag tax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-bag-tax/612947)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-bag-tax/612947 "2012-02-22T16:24:08Z")
This is pretty weak, I admit right off the bat, but it’s a pretty big annoyance in my life. In DC and Montgomery County, MD stores must charge 5¢ for each bag. For the record, I get it: save resources, reduce waste, re… --- ## [Commuting 4 Hours a Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commuting-4-hours-a-day/627454)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commuting-4-hours-a-day/627454 "2012-08-02T17:22:47Z")
I am a recent (2011) MSW graduate. Not counting a brief stint at a job from hell, I have been unemployed for over a year. Every day we are losing money from our savings, and we face taking out more loans this Fall if I… --- ## [SDMB Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273)
**Author:** [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273 "2016-01-21T23:04:17Z")
Hi! I haven’t posted much this year, but I am back for Secret Santa! Sorry to be so late about it. I have just had a foster/adoptive child placed this past week and it’s been a real roller coaster. Anyway, I will copy f… --- ## [Whatever happened to generic product labelling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-generic-product-labelling/747937)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-generic-product-labelling/747937 "2016-03-08T09:25:55Z")
If you were around in the US during the 1970’s and 1980’s chances are you recall seeing products on grocery store shelves without brand labels. The packaging was typically white and featured the name of the product print… --- ## [Why does Asia seem to be so nasty and filthy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-asia-seem-to-be-so-nasty-and-filthy/664192)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-asia-seem-to-be-so-nasty-and-filthy/664192 "2013-07-28T00:56:45Z")
I was reading this thread about human poop fertilizer which is apparently common in China and elsewhere in Asia, and someone linked to a story explaining how many Asian fish farms feed chicken and pig poop to their farme… --- ## [A quickly needed Monty Python GQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quickly-needed-monty-python-gq/241823)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-quickly-needed-monty-python-gq/241823 "2004-05-03T04:52:04Z")
Hi- I’m away from home where I have my “Monty Python: All the Words” books and I need the rules and bylaws of the Bruces for an e-mail I’m responding to about rules and bylaws. All I can remember is the reiteration of … --- ## [What IS It With Idiot Guys And Dick Pix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-idiot-guys-and-dick-pix/691536)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-idiot-guys-and-dick-pix/691536 "2014-07-01T03:48:31Z")
The latest one is from somebody who used to work at the NSA (and thus ought to know just how easily these things can leak). Even allowing for the toxic agency culture he comes from, I just don’t understand how a presuma… --- ## [Will a bee die if locked in a hot car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-bee-die-if-locked-in-a-hot-car/549034)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-bee-die-if-locked-in-a-hot-car/549034 "2010-08-05T17:54:46Z")
Let’s say a bee flew into my car and I panicked and bailed out. It’s summer here in LA, 90+ degrees maybe. The inside of my car’s probably at least 120. I go to work and just leave the car locked with the bee inside. … --- ## [How Do You Hand Write the (US) Dollar Sign? One or Two Lines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-hand-write-the-us-dollar-sign-one-or-two-lines/605117)
**Author:** [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-hand-write-the-us-dollar-sign-one-or-two-lines/605117 "2012-12-18T17:53:40Z")
I put this here as I wanted to do a poll with it. When I hand write the US Dollar sign I always cross the “S” shape with two lines. I know computers use the one line such as this $ I also know some other currencies al… --- ## [Whatcha Readin' May 2011 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-may-2011-edition/580277)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-readin-may-2011-edition/580277 "2011-05-31T14:52:42Z")
Happy spring all, and Happy Mother’s day to all you mothers. I am reading Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold So far I am very much enjoying it. Linkto April’s thread. Happy reads! --- ## [Who's Funnier, Gervais or Izzard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-funnier-gervais-or-izzard/583041)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-funnier-gervais-or-izzard/583041 "2011-06-07T18:32:53Z")
Discuss as you see fit, but vote for your preferred comic, please. --- ## [Notable High Notes in Rock Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-high-notes-in-rock-songs/472465)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-high-notes-in-rock-songs/472465 "2008-11-14T14:33:43Z")
Could be good, could be bad. I’ll start with the obvious… Take On Me - A-ha In Dreams - Roy Orbison Only the Lonely - Roy Orbison --- ## [Time to tell the music industry to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-tell-the-music-industry-to/431755)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-tell-the-music-industry-to/431755 "2008-01-09T22:43:18Z")
fuck off? Now they’re saying that if I buy a CD, put it on my mac, then on my iPod, I’m stealing. I buy CDs just to put them on my iPod. Peace, mangeorge --- ## [What Out Of Date Technology Did You Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-out-of-date-technology-did-you-work/597248)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-out-of-date-technology-did-you-work/597248 "2011-10-09T23:15:10Z")
My last few post on how I ran an old fashioned elevator, where you don’t have buttons, or a manual bowling alley, where I reset the pins by hand got me to thinking, there are probably a lot of people who have had jobs th… --- ## [Meaning of Solid Line (on the Road)...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-solid-line-on-the-road/663109)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-solid-line-on-the-road/663109 "2013-07-13T11:25:43Z")
A yellow line, be it solid or broken, means traffic moving in opposite directions. Good to know, esp. if you’re new to a road, and you don’t know how many lanes it has, etc. A white line, typically broken, separates lane… --- ## [Pennsylvania rednecks beat and kill Mexican illegal immigrant; get same sentence as beating a dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-rednecks-beat-and-kill-mexican-illegal-immigrant-get-same-sentence-as-beating-a-dog/500166)
**Author:** [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-rednecks-beat-and-kill-mexican-illegal-immigrant-get-same-sentence-as-beating-a-dog/500166 "2009-06-21T20:03:32Z")
2 teens get jail time in Mexican’s beating death Further From what I can find, 1st Degree animal cruelty carries a sentence of less than 2 years and/or $1000. Of course, the good folk of bumfuck Pennsylvania took in… --- ## [Torchlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torchlight/515705)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torchlight/515705 "2010-08-29T12:32:09Z")
I am addicted to this Diablo 2 inspired dungeon crawler now. (Gameplay video) You can find the demo at the official website. It’s by the group that was doing Mythos before Flagship sunk. And I am quite pleasantly surpri… --- ## [Chicken we eat -- Male or Female?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-we-eat-male-or-female/378484)
**Author:** [@ColdToes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdToes)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-we-eat-male-or-female/378484 "2013-12-30T21:41:04Z")
A coworker just told me that female chickens (hens) taste very different than male chickens. She’s not talking about Cornish Game hens or anything-- simply the male and female chicken. She said that in Spain if you ord… --- ## [Would you rather have a Legion flight ring or a Starfleet food replicator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-have-a-legion-flight-ring-or-a-starfleet-food-replicator/627899)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-have-a-legion-flight-ring-or-a-starfleet-food-replicator/627899 "2012-07-16T14:12:31Z")
I’d write a justifying setup if I weren’t so lazy. But I am, so I won’t. The flight ring will let you fly about as fast as a 747–say a maximum of 600 miles an hour, though lower speeds and even simple hovering are allow… --- ## [Many university students don't want "discussion;" they want compliance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-university-students-dont-want-discussion-they-want-compliance/737342)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-university-students-dont-want-discussion-they-want-compliance/737342 "2015-11-25T14:11:47Z")
Does anyone else sense that protesters on college campuses (and frankly, elsewhere as well) used to state that they wanted dialogue and debate about topics…but somewhere along the way, this was dropped and now they simpl… --- ## [I'm banned! Banned I tell you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503 "2011-09-11T05:56:49Z")
When I try to access the SD on my Android tablet, it tells me my IP address has been banned. Could I possibly be unbanned? --- ## [Actors who are "triple threats"--they can really sing, really act, and really dance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-are-triple-threats-they-can-really-sing-really-act-and-really-dance/553968)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-are-triple-threats-they-can-really-sing-really-act-and-really-dance/553968 "2010-09-23T18:24:28Z")
It’s the last part that often trips actors up. Most everyone can do some basic moves, but how many have real dancing, singing, and acting talent? The best of the best in my opinion are Ben Vereen and Bebe Neuwirth. --- ## [Trump will be re-elected -- "Americans are a stupid people. We believe whatever we're told."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-will-be-re-elected-americans-are-a-stupid-people-we-believe-whatever-were-told/832844)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-will-be-re-elected-americans-are-a-stupid-people-we-believe-whatever-were-told/832844 "2019-04-29T18:24:49Z")
America has one political party which pushes the truth … opposed by a gang of criminals and hypocrites who do nothing but lie. The liars are favored to win. By 2004 American voters were catching on to the lies and inco… --- ## [American federal government shutdown: Will you notice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-federal-government-shutdown-will-you-notice/577580)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-federal-government-shutdown-will-you-notice/577580 "2011-04-18T17:11:40Z")
The American news media is obsessed with the current story that the federal government might have to shutdown, at least as far as “non-essential” personnel are concerned. If it does, do you think that you will notice? … --- ## [My car has a misfiring cylinder...can I fix that myself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-has-a-misfiring-cylinder-can-i-fix-that-myself/330053)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-has-a-misfiring-cylinder-can-i-fix-that-myself/330053 "2005-11-08T21:34:03Z")
Short story: My alternator died and when it got replaced, the mechanic noticed the check engine light was on. He used his fancy computer, and it told him that cylinder #2 was misfiring (or, at the very least, was misfir… --- ## [Traits for a Terrier/Poodle Mix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traits-for-a-terrier-poodle-mix/442301)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traits-for-a-terrier-poodle-mix/442301 "2008-03-23T04:12:10Z")
I just got a dog today from the animal shelter (I pick him up tomorrow) and the card said he’s a terrier/poodle mix. Does anyone have any firsthand experience with one? He’s small, so I’m assuming the poodle was of the m… --- ## [Can anyone become morbidly obese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-become-morbidly-obese/458307)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-become-morbidly-obese/458307 "2012-11-13T21:02:56Z")
I don’t just mean large, but -getting cut out of your house- level big, taking things like frame size into account, of course. Is there usually something wrong with the metabolism of people who get that size, in general… --- ## [How does choking someone to death work in the real world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-choking-someone-to-death-work-in-the-real-world/536439)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-choking-someone-to-death-work-in-the-real-world/536439 "2010-04-19T01:16:44Z")
Whenever people are strangled on the TV box it is usually about 10 seconds of pressure, and then they die. However I think it takes 5 minutes of 100% compression of the carotid artery in order to kill someone. Not only … --- ## [Who are the best modern lyricists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-modern-lyricists/524998)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-modern-lyricists/524998 "2010-01-18T17:48:22Z")
De gustibus non disputantem, of course, but I’ve always preferred songwriters who are great lyricists - who can knock you on your butt with imagery or rhetoric or metaphor. And for me, the two best of the last half-centu… --- ## [Boeing software fix for 737 Max](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-software-fix-for-737-max/831626)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-software-fix-for-737-max/831626 "2021-10-16T05:36:44Z")
Will the company’s engineers have access to the full set of data from the crashed plane’s black-box (and any relevant telemetry from other sources)? I am wondering if they can replicate the exact set of variables the pi… --- ## [Sunshine, vitamin D, and showering: what's the real deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunshine-vitamin-d-and-showering-whats-the-real-deal/496609)
**Author:** [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunshine-vitamin-d-and-showering-whats-the-real-deal/496609 "2012-01-17T21:15:53Z")
So I’ve read somewhere \ that you’re not supposed to shower right after you come in from the sun because you’ll wash all the Vitamin D off before it gets absorbed by your body. How long do you have to wai… --- ## [Wrong license plate number on ticket: do I have to pay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-license-plate-number-on-ticket-do-i-have-to-pay/56817)
**Author:** [@jdl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdl)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2001, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-license-plate-number-on-ticket-do-i-have-to-pay/56817 "2001-03-06T16:34:55Z")
A guy at work got a ticket for stopping in a no stopping zone. The cop miswrote the licence plate by one letter, although the make of the car was correct. The guy never gave his name or licence or registration. Is there… --- ## [Civilization IV: Colonization (PC strategy ahoy!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iv-colonization-pc-strategy-ahoy/465005)
**Author:** [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilization-iv-colonization-pc-strategy-ahoy/465005 "2008-10-29T17:50:48Z")
I’m a certified Civilization IV addict, so anything with that name on it is an automatic purchase for me, especially an update to a much beloved strategy game from way back when. Wikipedia description: I’m lovin’ it™ … --- ## [Is there more proof of Jesus than Evolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-more-proof-of-jesus-than-evolution/369054)
**Author:** [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-more-proof-of-jesus-than-evolution/369054 "2006-09-02T16:22:48Z")
I’m talking proof, not theory. Is there more proof of a man named Jesus (claiming to be the messiah) and living and dying over 2000 years ago than there is proof of evolution? I understand some will say mostly all scie… --- ## [How is this going to end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-going-to-end/1013914)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-going-to-end/1013914 "2025-07-27T04:13:40Z")
For barely a couple of weeks 45/47 has been disrupting with intent any & all spheres of influence within grasp. Glorifying in it. Conventions, institutions, allies. Internal, external, ideological. Pretty much as he c… --- ## [Conservatives - Where Is Your Outrage at Coulter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-where-is-your-outrage-at-coulter/344299 "2006-02-21T03:16:10Z")
Mine is right here. “Post-9/11 our philosophy should be: Raghead talks tough? Raghead faces consequences.” This from Ms. Coulter. A stunningly awful and racist comment. There is absolutely legitimate room for scorn an… --- ## [Let's talk about our favorite mystery novels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-our-favorite-mystery-novels/618982)
**Author:** [@Christopher\_Robin\_Davies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Christopher_Robin_Davies)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-our-favorite-mystery-novels/618982 "2012-08-19T17:00:28Z")
My personal favorites are the Lord Peter Wimsey and Philip Marlowe novels. I love Sherlock Holmes too though techically most of those are short stories rather than novels. Most contemporary mystery stuff does nothing for… --- ## [Effect of former SEAL's "No Easy Day" book on election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-former-seals-no-easy-day-book-on-election/633077)
**Author:** [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-former-seals-no-easy-day-book-on-election/633077 "2012-09-12T16:57:51Z")
So a former SEAL wrote a book about his firsthand account of the Bin Laden raid. It’ll come out in September. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/08/29/us/politics/ap-us-bin-laden-book.html?hp How much of an effect wi… --- ## [A Brief History of The United States.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-history-of-the-united-states/535521)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2010, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-history-of-the-united-states/535521 "2010-04-16T08:22:07Z")
To intelligently discuss any aspect of this country’s history or make sense of US foreign and domestic policies today requires that one take into account the sheer power that centralized wealth (money and property) wield… --- ## [Insurance companies - Why do people hate them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-companies-why-do-people-hate-them/247291)
**Author:** [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-companies-why-do-people-hate-them/247291 "2015-01-06T19:45:42Z")
Why do people hate insurance companies? You get exactly what you pay for. Everything that is convered is explained in the policy, so why do people get made when something is not covered? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=562&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=564&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)