# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=584&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:** 585 --- ## [What place in the lower 48 is farthest from a gas station?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-place-in-the-lower-48-is-farthest-from-a-gas-station/516876)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-place-in-the-lower-48-is-farthest-from-a-gas-station/516876 "2009-11-13T00:44:44Z")
This, for some reason, has been bugging me for a while. Wolfram Alpha and Google haven’t been very receptive to my inquiries. I’d imagine that such a town or location would be proud to boast that it is the worst location… --- ## [American Idol - Feb 19, 20, 21 (Open Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-feb-19-20-21-open-spoilers/438290)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-feb-19-20-21-open-spoilers/438290 "2008-02-23T13:56:17Z")
It’s guys tonight. Gals tomorrow. Results Thursday. Please do not read the thread if you don’t like spoilers and haven’t seen the shows yet. Also, for those who want to say nothing more than they’re not watching anymor… --- ## [Why are people involved in Multi-Level Marketing so cult-like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-involved-in-multi-level-marketing-so-cult-like/486550)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-involved-in-multi-level-marketing-so-cult-like/486550 "2009-02-23T21:27:19Z")
For those not familiar with the term, Multi-Level Marketing companys are those companies where they have independent reps who go around hawking their products. The reps also have incentives to recruit additional reps, w… --- ## [George McGovern, Walter Mondale or Hillary Clinton?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-mcgovern-walter-mondale-or-hillary-clinton/785560)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-mcgovern-walter-mondale-or-hillary-clinton/785560 "2017-07-22T13:56:04Z")
Of the three, which was the worst candidate? I’d have to say, as a Democrat, Hillary. Such a weak candidate. She lost to Donald Trump. Nixon may have been “Nixon” but at least he was more intelligent and classy than Tru… --- ## [Do spiders survive vacuuming? If so, how long can they live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-spiders-survive-vacuuming-if-so-how-long-can-they-live/384449)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-spiders-survive-vacuuming-if-so-how-long-can-they-live/384449 "2006-12-17T18:01:26Z")
Assuming I suck up a bunch of dead bugs and a live spider. Would the spider be happy in there? Vacuum bags are air-permeable, so plenty of air for it to breathe. Alternatively, would a smaller dustbuster make any diff… --- ## [Why is soccer so popular with U.S. tweens&teens, but not as a college/pro sport?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-soccer-so-popular-with-u-s-tweens-teens-but-not-as-a-college-pro-sport/464219)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-soccer-so-popular-with-u-s-tweens-teens-but-not-as-a-college-pro-sport/464219 "2010-06-20T11:14:58Z")
I have no kids myself, but I assume soccer/Association Rules Football must be popular as a middle-school and high-school sport, or we would not have the meme/phrase “soccer mom.” And it is the most popular team sport in… --- ## [Murdered friends, relatives and co-workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdered-friends-relatives-and-co-workers/621009)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdered-friends-relatives-and-co-workers/621009 "2012-05-11T23:59:42Z")
In an old thread from 2005 about Murdered Celebrities quite a few names came up that were at least startling if not hard to believe. Not counting celebrity types (unless they’re kin to you), who among people you’ve been… --- ## [Wis. GOP strips public workers' bargaining rights (not want to...did it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wis-gop-strips-public-workers-bargaining-rights-not-want-to-did-it/574119)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wis-gop-strips-public-workers-bargaining-rights-not-want-to-did-it/574119 "2011-03-11T20:51:54Z")
I confess I am unsure exactly what happened here. For debate is this legal? Will the protesters go home in defeat now or will this inflame people? --- ## [Rotten.com !?! WTF!!! These guys need to be shot for this shit!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-com-wtf-these-guys-need-to-be-shot-for-this-shit/79506)
**Author:** [@Phlip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlip)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2001, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-com-wtf-these-guys-need-to-be-shot-for-this-shit/79506 "2001-09-07T19:46:11Z")
My friend sent me a link to that website, http://\\www.rotten.com, the other day because he said there were some funny pictures on there. Well, I went and checked it out the other day, and I cannot fucking beleive that we… --- ## [Seriously guys, do we really still need a FIVE MINUTE delay on search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-do-we-really-still-need-a-five-minute-delay-on-search/503516)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-do-we-really-still-need-a-five-minute-delay-on-search/503516 "2009-08-06T10:54:07Z")
Wasn’t this supposed to be a temporary measure to decrease demand on the server while Jerry fixed something else? And that was how many years ago? Seriously, I go to other boards that are busier than this, don’t have int… --- ## [I Pit the Tax "Rebate"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-tax-rebate/435146)
**Author:** [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-tax-rebate/435146 "2008-02-12T08:13:54Z")
Giving $300/$600 to people who don’t pay income taxes to start with is NOT A REBATE. It’s a handout. Welfare payment, transfer payment, redistribution, whatever, but it ain’t a rebate. Madam Speaker needs to go back to… --- ## [Is the Media pulling a Kerry with Romney?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-media-pulling-a-kerry-with-romney/599474)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-media-pulling-a-kerry-with-romney/599474 "2011-10-14T14:04:45Z")
In 2004 the media used a rigged video\* to make Howard Dean look like a nutbag, so that John Kerry could be anointed as the ‘electable’ candidate for the Democrats. Now that Herman Cain has become the next contender to pu… --- ## [Kellogg's Raisin Bran vs Post Raisin Bran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelloggs-raisin-bran-vs-post-raisin-bran/90551)
**Author:** [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelloggs-raisin-bran-vs-post-raisin-bran/90551 "2022-01-10T01:26:37Z")
Inspired by the What’s Your Favorite Cereal? thread. Which is better, Post or Kellogg’s? Is there any difference at all? Both boxes look suspiciously alike. My grocery store prices them exactly the same. Which was the f… --- ## [Why does "Marinara" sauce usually contain absolutely no seafood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-marinara-sauce-usually-contain-absolutely-no-seafood/54166)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-marinara-sauce-usually-contain-absolutely-no-seafood/54166 "2013-05-16T10:12:43Z")
Doesn’t the name mean ‘having to do with the sea, or mariners’? Once in a great while I’ll hear of a recipe that contains seafood, but the vast majority of marinara sauces are just tomato sauce with various added season… --- ## [Going for a colonoscopy - what's it like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-a-colonoscopy-whats-it-like/608095)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-for-a-colonoscopy-whats-it-like/608095 "2012-01-07T03:19:23Z")
Due to my misbehaving digestive system, I’m going for a colonoscopy and gastroscopy in a few days. Just wondering, what are they like? I’ll only be taking the laxative 3 hours before the procedure, at the clinic, so I d… --- ## [Ever fall in love with a cartoon character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fall-in-love-with-a-cartoon-character/149579)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-fall-in-love-with-a-cartoon-character/149579 "2012-06-23T18:25:00Z")
What am I doing looking at cartoons in the first place? My 10-year-old has the Disney channel on all the time. Nobody else bothers to watch TV much, so that’s about all we ever see. My attention was seriously distract… --- ## [Update: So I Just Got Molested By A Family Member](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-so-i-just-got-molested-by-a-family-member/603940)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-so-i-just-got-molested-by-a-family-member/603940 "2011-11-26T01:43:26Z")
In this thread of a little over a year ago, I chronicled how my aunt’s elderly husband had sexually assaulted me, the first time that he was ever alone with me since I’d known him. I got a lot of excellent advice in tha… --- ## [Interesting Penology Conundrum in England](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-penology-conundrum-in-england/659108)
**Author:** [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-penology-conundrum-in-england/659108 "2013-05-26T16:37:39Z")
A triple child killer who impaled his victims on spiked garden railings had his cloak of anonymity lifted yesterday in a major victory for ‘open justice’. David McGreavy – dubbed the Monster of Worcester – had used huma… --- ## [Building a new house - tips and tricks please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-new-house-tips-and-tricks-please/571983)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-a-new-house-tips-and-tricks-please/571983 "2011-02-23T04:39:17Z")
I’m going to do my bit for the US economy, buy a scraper and then build new. Actually, in the 'hood I want to settle in, prices haven’t come down that much from the peak. It actually works out significantly cheaper to bu… --- ## [Do uncircumcised men have better orgasms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-uncircumcised-men-have-better-orgasms/514118)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-uncircumcised-men-have-better-orgasms/514118 "2009-10-20T04:39:33Z")
Yeah, that’s right. Yes or no- why? --- ## [Classic Cartoon Sound Effects: How Were They Made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-cartoon-sound-effects-how-were-they-made/166484)
**Author:** [@Rib\_Eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rib_Eye)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-cartoon-sound-effects-how-were-they-made/166484 "2010-11-26T01:46:33Z")
A Google Search turns up only commerical sites where you can buy sound effects CDs. I want to know how the sounds were made. You know the ones I mean. They were in every classic cartoon from the 30s up through the 80s a… --- ## [Buffy to get nekkid: Celebrity nudity pool for the next](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-to-get-nekkid-celebrity-nudity-pool-for-the-next/366024 "2006-08-12T15:58:07Z")
Actress Sarah Gellar has announced that she is interested in doing roles in which her breasts are clearly visible, thus deeply disturbing all viewers since nudity does that. Clearly, if there had been a celebrity nudity… --- ## [Popular writers considered hacks? (Brown, King)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-writers-considered-hacks-brown-king/353064)
**Author:** [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-writers-considered-hacks-brown-king/353064 "2006-04-23T19:10:24Z")
This is something that has bugged me for years. All the way back to high school english class when a student wanted to read Stephen King but wasn’t allowed because he wasn’t a ‘real author’. Why is it that many of the … --- ## [F-4 Phantom vs. F-18 Super Hornet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-4-phantom-vs-f-18-super-hornet/226874)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-4-phantom-vs-f-18-super-hornet/226874 "2016-06-10T01:09:26Z")
Though the technology of the Vietnam-era F-4 Phantom is roughly 30 years older than that found in the Navy’s F-18 Super Hornet, I’m wondering if there would be any chance for an equally skilled pilot in the Phantom in a … --- ## [Country songs that are not sad? Not downers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-songs-that-are-not-sad-not-downers/631830)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-songs-that-are-not-sad-not-downers/631830 "2012-08-26T14:12:42Z")
A friend said that all country songs are sad. My woman left me, my dog is gone, my truck broke down. (Which brings to mind the joke that if you play country songs backwards, your woman comes back, your dog comes back, … --- ## [Homosexuality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality/597480)
**Author:** [@Vahid\_Tarzan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vahid_Tarzan)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality/597480 "2011-09-25T01:03:16Z")
I look forward to this debate, as it is now one of the most widely accepted practices, and yet the central cause of corruption, death and inevitably war. I think if we look at the money, power and prestige feeding it, w… --- ## [Fixing a Saturn sunroof and replacing the headliner. Thoughts? Opinion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-a-saturn-sunroof-and-replacing-the-headliner-thoughts-opinion/556264)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-a-saturn-sunroof-and-replacing-the-headliner-thoughts-opinion/556264 "2010-11-05T14:38:35Z")
I’m not sure if MPSIMS if the proper place for this but it’s not something that actually has a factual answer so here it is. I have a 99 Saturn SL2. The sunroof stopped working a number of years ago and, unknown to me, … --- ## [Has anybody else run away to live in the woods? A question about the effects of prolonged solitude.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-else-run-away-to-live-in-the-woods-a-question-about-the-effects-of-prolonged-solitude/577935)
**Author:** [@Tsukemono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsukemono)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-else-run-away-to-live-in-the-woods-a-question-about-the-effects-of-prolonged-solitude/577935 "2011-04-14T05:06:19Z")
When I was younger than I am now, but not that much younger, I ran away from home and camped out in the woods for a week. During that time I did not see or speak to another human being. It occurred to me later that up t… --- ## [Any suggestions for talking an idiot into giving up her baby for adoption?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-suggestions-for-talking-an-idiot-into-giving-up-her-baby-for-adoption/339607)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-suggestions-for-talking-an-idiot-into-giving-up-her-baby-for-adoption/339607 "2007-02-24T17:36:55Z")
So, my best friend the stupid genius slacker gay truckdriver has a kid sister that I just absolutely cannot stand. Neither can he. The girl is a total oxygen thief who if there is a divine plan exists because somebody … --- ## [What's the deal with the 'Devil's Cemetery' at Tunguska?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-devils-cemetery-at-tunguska/511870)
**Author:** [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-devils-cemetery-at-tunguska/511870 "2009-10-02T10:20:57Z")
Apparently, there’s some weird shit going down. Dead animals not decomposing? So the meteorite sterilized the place? Huh? Some of it just doesn’t make sense: Holy crap, a compass pointed north? No kidding? A rad… --- ## [Hiking on the Iraq/Iran border. Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiking-on-the-iraq-iran-border-really/584972)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiking-on-the-iraq-iran-border-really/584972 "2011-06-13T17:52:26Z")
Of all the places in the world to go hiking, why would anyone choose “Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish area along the border with Iran” as described in the link below? Two Americans are being held in Iran for entering the cou… --- ## [Corporal Punishment should not be reintroduced in School?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporal-punishment-should-not-be-reintroduced-in-school/654086)
**Author:** [@hardikgoyals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardikgoyals)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporal-punishment-should-not-be-reintroduced-in-school/654086 "2013-04-04T03:46:55Z")
Why do you think the Corporal Punishment should not be reintroduced in Schools?:wink: --- ## [Are there any noncompetitive jobs at all anywhere nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-noncompetitive-jobs-at-all-anywhere-nowadays/622909)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-noncompetitive-jobs-at-all-anywhere-nowadays/622909 "2013-10-21T14:48:22Z")
Inspired by this thread, are there any jobs anywhere nowadays that are substantially noncompetitive? That is, getting the job is pretty much a matter of showing up and showing that you can physically do the job, and you… --- ## [Bigoted Jackass is One of the Few, the Proud...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigoted-jackass-is-one-of-the-few-the-proud/748048)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigoted-jackass-is-one-of-the-few-the-proud/748048 "2018-09-14T15:50:49Z")
but he’s no longer a Marine! From the linked article: Good job, USMC Recruiting Command! I’d love to see the correspondence (especially the separation document) relating to the separation. --- ## [Fire the Federal Governement!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-the-federal-governement/600713)
**Author:** [@MissesA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissesA)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-the-federal-governement/600713 "2011-11-03T14:25:16Z")
America needs change and I think we should just do away with the Federal Government period. They can’t be trusted any longer, its bad enough we have to watch our counties, and our states. I know this would brought up b… --- ## [A series of improbably bad fortune cookie fortunes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-series-of-improbably-bad-fortune-cookie-fortunes/963579)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 398\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-series-of-improbably-bad-fortune-cookie-fortunes/963579 "2022-08-27T01:49:45Z")
In honor of that American invention, the fortune cookie, I propose the construction of improbable fortunes. Your job as the next poster in this thread is to write a new fortune which includes one key word from the previo… --- ## [I just realized \_\_\_\_\_ is the same actor/actress who was \_\_\_\_\_ in \_\_\_\_\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692 "2014-04-29T05:58:14Z")
I was watching House and just realized Dr. Cuddy is the same actress who was one of George’s girlfriends on Seinfeld (the Risotto Girl in “The Mango”). Fill in the blanks. I was watching \[this movie/TV show\] and just r… --- ## [Do any intelligent conservatives still take Fox News seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-intelligent-conservatives-still-take-fox-news-seriously/494649)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-intelligent-conservatives-still-take-fox-news-seriously/494649 "2009-04-30T16:38:13Z")
I pose the question in the OP after posting the latest example of Fox News falsifying another video clip The summary is basically that Wendell Goler played another one of those cropped videos to give a false impression … --- ## [Cooking with roux in a crock pot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-with-roux-in-a-crock-pot/569028)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-with-roux-in-a-crock-pot/569028 "2011-01-27T05:38:30Z")
I am making beef stew (organic local meat only!) tomorrow in a crock pot, so it will cook for 8 hours. (I’ll start the crock pot at noon.) I have done all the prep work tonight, including making about 2 cups of Tony Chac… --- ## [Amazing Race 10/25 -- starts on time!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-25-starts-on-time/515104)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-10-25-starts-on-time/515104 "2009-11-04T17:44:25Z")
60 Minutes just started, so CBS is on schedule for a change. --- ## [Why have three phase power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-three-phase-power/681074)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-three-phase-power/681074 "2014-05-17T03:41:09Z")
My incomplete understanding of AC current is that it flickers because the back and forth reversal of current has a moment of “no-current” as it changes from one direction to the other. So adding more phases that are off… --- ## [What's good at Trader Joes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-at-trader-joes/701049)
**Author:** [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-at-trader-joes/701049 "2015-03-02T19:12:39Z")
Trader Joe’s just opened in Colorado Springs. Last time I was in one was in Cincinnati about 10 years ago). Went to the grand opening yesterday and, obviously, didn’t get to browse much because the place was a madhouse… --- ## [Who's stupidest -- Bush haters or Obama worshipers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-bush-haters-or-obama-worshipers/506716)
**Author:** [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-bush-haters-or-obama-worshipers/506716 "2009-08-19T11:33:06Z")
Of course there are many people, especially on this board, who are both, so they’re stupidest by default. But what about those rare souls who are one but not the other? For example, hard-core Clintonistas who are still… --- ## [Why hate the Dallas Cowboys so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hate-the-dallas-cowboys-so-much/423622)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hate-the-dallas-cowboys-so-much/423622 "2015-04-14T16:19:08Z")
A lot of the hate goes back to the 1970’s, but I was too young to pay attention then. Dallas won a lot in the 1970’s, but so did other teams. Why hate the 1970’s Cowboys? The 80’s Cowboys were pretty good up until abo… --- ## [Questions on Medal of Honor customs and laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-medal-of-honor-customs-and-laws/672934)
**Author:** [@Davey10244](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davey10244)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-medal-of-honor-customs-and-laws/672934 "2013-11-07T00:13:37Z")
I have recently read some things that have me confused about the Medal of Honor. As a vet, I know it is punishable as disrespect to refuse to salute a superior officer, or an NCO if (for instance) you are ordered to rep… --- ## [Peanut allergies: Should extreme cases be permitted on commercial flights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-allergies-should-extreme-cases-be-permitted-on-commercial-flights/675526)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-allergies-should-extreme-cases-be-permitted-on-commercial-flights/675526 "2014-02-15T17:29:35Z")
I am currently on a flight from Denver to Baltimore, and they just announced that due to a passenger with severe peanut allergies, no free peanuts will be distributed. Furthermore, passengers are requested to refrain fr… --- ## [I pit Rick Scott, the FL GOP, and their blatant attempt to suppress voting rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rick-scott-the-fl-gop-and-their-blatant-attempt-to-suppress-voting-rights/582526)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rick-scott-the-fl-gop-and-their-blatant-attempt-to-suppress-voting-rights/582526 "2011-05-31T13:08:20Z")
St. Petersburg Times article :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: I have a possible opportunity to move out of state sometime in the next year-I might just avail myself of the opportunity. This law does several rather despi… --- ## [At what point does not paying your taxes = go to jail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-not-paying-your-taxes-go-to-jail/582380)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-not-paying-your-taxes-go-to-jail/582380 "2011-05-20T20:58:47Z")
I was whatching 60 minutes the other day. They had some Loony-Tard on there who flat out admited to NOT paying taxes for quite some time. I kept thinking to myself: “Why is he not in jail?” I’ve also heard stories of pe… --- ## ["Florida Schools Will Teach How Slavery Brought ‘Personal Benefit’ to Black People"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-schools-will-teach-how-slavery-brought-personal-benefit-to-black-people/987304)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 285\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-schools-will-teach-how-slavery-brought-personal-benefit-to-black-people/987304 "2023-09-16T13:07:01Z")
Jim Crow is alive and well: In this instance, a small town in Alabama had an archaic and byzantine executive political system that meant mayors were rarely actually elected. A Black resident decided to run for mayor, … --- ## [DIY: Testing Earth's curvature. Clear assumptions, proposition of two experiment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-testing-earths-curvature-clear-assumptions-proposition-of-two-experiment/682023)
**Author:** [@karol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karol)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-testing-earths-curvature-clear-assumptions-proposition-of-two-experiment/682023 "2014-04-21T15:38:46Z")
Is it convex or concave ? This thread is not a joke. I count on normal and essential discussion :slight\_smile: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-determine-the-distance-to-the-horizon.html Is the above true… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=583&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=585&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)