# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=598&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:** 599 --- ## [Pub quiz cheat entrapment. Questions that Google to a distinctive, obscure, wrong answer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-quiz-cheat-entrapment-questions-that-google-to-a-distinctive-obscure-wrong-answer/638109)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-quiz-cheat-entrapment-questions-that-google-to-a-distinctive-obscure-wrong-answer/638109 "2012-10-23T00:09:44Z")
We’ve got a corporate quiz happening in November - last year, there was a lot of cheating with people (brazenly, in some cases) googling the answers on their smartphones (despite this being forbidden). Anyway, I thought… --- ## [Fear the Walking Dead: 1.06 "The Good Man" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-1-06-the-good-man-open-spoilers/733562 "2015-10-09T14:01:39Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] As civil unrest grows, and the dead take over, Travis and Madison try to devise ways to protect their families. \[/QUOTE\] Season finale tonight, followed by a special episode of Talking Dead with Kim Dicken… --- ## [Help! My puppy wont stop biting me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-puppy-wont-stop-biting-me/677562)
**Author:** [@SammieRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SammieRay)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-puppy-wont-stop-biting-me/677562 "2014-01-06T18:59:54Z")
Hello! I have an 11 month old Lab/English Mastiff mix who will NOT stop biting me and my husband. He is a social, loving dog however when wanting attention or during play he goes straight to biting our hands or clothing.… --- ## [Am I asexual or just a normal woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-asexual-or-just-a-normal-woman/574427)
**Author:** [@turtledove\_river](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtledove_river)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-asexual-or-just-a-normal-woman/574427 "2011-03-15T01:35:42Z")
First of all, this is my first post after a loooong time of lurking, so please understand if I don’t make any sense. OK. I’m not crazy about sex. In fact, in my 28 years in this planet I’ve never had it. Never had a boy… --- ## [Andre the Giant drank 117 beers in one sitting, how is that possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andre-the-giant-drank-117-beers-in-one-sitting-how-is-that-possible/699290)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andre-the-giant-drank-117-beers-in-one-sitting-how-is-that-possible/699290 "2014-09-27T00:11:44Z")
I am confused how that is possible. Assume at 560 pounds he was 20% bodyfat, that means about 450 pounds of lean body mass. Since alcohol doesn’t get into fat and only into LBM, him having a LBM about 3x higher than an … --- ## [Quiz - How Much Of A Neckbeard Are You, Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-how-much-of-a-neckbeard-are-you-really/711168 "2015-02-01T01:22:08Z")
Neckbeards are getting a lot of flak these days. Even if you don’t like fedoras or MLP, some of these might still apply to you! Take this quiz to find out for sure. My score: You checked off 3 out of 72 on this list! … --- ## [Man, 25, claims he has two penises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-25-claims-he-has-two-penises/709516)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-25-claims-he-has-two-penises/709516 "2015-01-21T17:23:11Z")
He claims that they are both fully functional in every way, and that he has no other birth defects, whether associated with this (mainly spina bifida) or not. I am extremely skeptical and think he’s totally making it … --- ## [Can irrationality be the rational choice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-irrationality-be-the-rational-choice/540646)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-irrationality-be-the-rational-choice/540646 "2010-05-29T07:00:14Z")
I just read Priceless by William Poundstone. It’s about psychology and economics. A good book worth reading. In this book, Poundstone makes several references to the ultimatum game, which is a common “game” used to stud… --- ## [That explains it. 8( \[What ever happened to... untimely deaths of random acquaintances\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-explains-it-8-what-ever-happened-to-untimely-deaths-of-random-acquaintances/665730)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-explains-it-8-what-ever-happened-to-untimely-deaths-of-random-acquaintances/665730 "2022-06-07T18:29:44Z")
In the late 1980s, I knew a very interesting man who was a few years older than me through a club we were both in (we were both in our 20s). I even asked him for a date; he declined, but IDR why. :o I wondered what ever… --- ## [Who is the stupidest person in a commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-stupidest-person-in-a-commercial/555298 "2010-10-25T17:58:02Z")
It’s hard to top those ‘as seen on TV’ ads. The person who can’t pour a pot of spaghetti into a colander was pretty dumb but he was surpassed by the Snuggi woman whose feet are cold because she’s to dumb to know how to u… --- ## [Ridges on top of head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridges-on-top-of-head/416221)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridges-on-top-of-head/416221 "2007-08-25T17:05:48Z")
I was bored and looking at the Georgia Department of Corrections website when I came across this inmate’s picture: http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/OffenderQuery/jsp/OffQryRedirector.jsp What would cause such pronounced… --- ## [Doperball VI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873)
**Author:** [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Replies:** 379\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2007, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873 "2007-02-09T10:25:02Z")
The un-subtitling It’s been over a year since the last game, so I figured I’d start another one. Of course, I’ll probably curse this and it will sink without a single response. All previous Doper ball games. The rules… --- ## [Inventions that went backward](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-went-backward/962852)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-went-backward/962852 "2022-09-16T11:53:19Z")
What are some progressive inventions that lacked key components of what they replaced? For example, black and white photography added realism and immediacy, but it replaced paintings, which were in color. --- ## ["Black people must leave...." A Walmart incident.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-must-leave-a-walmart-incident/532887)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-must-leave-a-walmart-incident/532887 "2010-03-23T14:38:42Z")
The link to the reported incident. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Black-people-must-leave-NJ-apf-1749619349.html?x=0 I don’t know why people get all bent out of shape. It was obviously a stupid prank, probably by a for… --- ## [Favorite fictional swear words?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-swear-words/159126 "2005-02-07T03:35:03Z")
Well, here’s an odd poll for y’all…does anyone else have any favorite “fictional” swear words/curse words, as you might find in works of Science-Fiction or Fantasy? Klingon, of course, has a large vocabulary dedicated to… --- ## [Is it bad to call someone a nigger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-to-call-someone-a-nigger/84326)
**Author:** [@justinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justinh)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2001, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-to-call-someone-a-nigger/84326 "2001-10-04T04:50:44Z")
growing up in a mixed race neighborhood where everyone called everyone else a nigger. its wasn’t an insult it was just like saying “buddy”. now you can’t even type it. what gives? how can we make such a word sacred? is t… --- ## [Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warrens-wealth-tax/842135)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elizabeth-warrens-wealth-tax/842135 "2019-11-01T17:34:07Z")
Warren proposes a 2% tax on those with a net worth over $50 million. (A) How ya gonna value assets? Tom Brady may be asking $32 million for his house, but is it really worth it? (B) How does this tax get past the U.S.… --- ## [Why Was Today Spelled To-day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-today-spelled-to-day/513250)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-today-spelled-to-day/513250 "2009-10-13T23:05:27Z")
I’m reading Jack London stories and I’ve noticed that he spells “today” “to-day”. Was it a common practice a century ago, if so why, and why isn’t it so to-day? --- ## [F you, soon-to-be-ex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-you-soon-to-be-ex/662772)
**Author:** [@Sehmket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sehmket)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-you-soon-to-be-ex/662772 "2014-05-07T16:05:42Z")
So, my first pit, and I’m in way too emotionally exhausted of a state to manage a full blown rant, but I’ve been working so hard for months - years, really - to be nice, and pleasant, and patient, and whatever else it is… --- ## [Laborious mini-rants of May](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laborious-mini-rants-of-may/785626)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laborious-mini-rants-of-may/785626 "2017-05-31T16:34:47Z")
So, I’m sitting in the airport in Beijing waiting for counter check-in information and said to myself, what the hey, let’s rant a mini. Smack in the middle of mid-term invigilation, new teacher walks off the job. While … --- ## [Aurora spyplane: Does it exist? Did it ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-spyplane-does-it-exist-did-it-ever/493793)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurora-spyplane-does-it-exist-did-it-ever/493793 "2009-10-16T02:00:42Z")
Aurora (aircraft) - Wikipedia) Hard to believe the U.S. Air Force would’ve retired the SR-71 without another similar, high-speed aircraft to replace it. There’s been some superficial evidence to suggest that it exists,… --- ## [The Microsoft ghost town](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-microsoft-ghost-town/606576)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-microsoft-ghost-town/606576 "2011-12-22T18:08:31Z")
Today is one of the busiest shopping days of the year. I went to one of the largest, most crowed malls in the Phoenix area (Scottsdale Fashion Square) and took this picture of the “crowds” at the Microsoft store: … --- ## [MMP: Baby It's COLD Outside!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262)
**Author:** [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262 "2006-02-20T05:22:07Z")
Dog Face is running for her life. Her breath comes in frozen gasps. Ahead in the shifting snowstorm she spies the one thing that may save her life. Paradoxically, it is the edge of a cliff. In the dim recesses of Dog… --- ## [Another "should I call the vet" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-should-i-call-the-vet-thread/547095)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-should-i-call-the-vet-thread/547095 "2010-07-21T00:25:20Z")
And they always happen on weekends! (Or during snowstorms.) My cat is curled up on a chair. If I touch him, he cries. It’s a meow, but it’s a pained meow and he obviously doesn’t want to be touched. I was running my fi… --- ## [Snowpiercer is the best Post Apocalyptic film I've seen in a long time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowpiercer-is-the-best-post-apocalyptic-film-ive-seen-in-a-long-time/704039)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowpiercer-is-the-best-post-apocalyptic-film-ive-seen-in-a-long-time/704039 "2016-05-23T00:34:36Z")
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/mobile/m/snowpiercer/ and for once RottenTomatoes agrees with me. Check it out if you get a chance. It’s on Netflix right now. I was surprisingly impressed. I need to check out the director… --- ## [Why do they put solar panels on calculators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-put-solar-panels-on-calculators/500565)
**Author:** [@Bisected8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bisected8)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-put-solar-panels-on-calculators/500565 "2009-07-17T10:57:08Z")
Feel free to ignore the following anecdote and skip strait to the question in the next paragraph. About a month or two ago (having finished university early this year, since I was more or less resitting the one previous)… --- ## [SDMB 2012 Postcard Exchange: Final Round!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400 "2012-10-31T21:43:49Z")
Hi, all - here’s the thread for the final round. As discussed in the previous thread, deadline for sign-up will be September 15. I’ll send out the new recipients by pm shortly thereafter. --- ## [Mac-10 Full Auto Conversion-illegal; impossible, now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-10-full-auto-conversion-illegal-impossible-now/695163)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-10-full-auto-conversion-illegal-impossible-now/695163 "2014-08-10T04:03:13Z")
A friend of mine and I were talking about guns, and the old stuff about making a semi-auto into a full auto came up. He said that he wouldn’t do it now, but, if the government fell apart, and the country was all of a sud… --- ## [Savage beating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savage-beating/840405)
**Author:** [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savage-beating/840405 "2019-10-03T16:21:26Z")
What the hell is wrong with people to do this to another person? Given the racial makeup of this act, why are they not being charge with a hate crime? Imho I hope none of these guys are out for a couple decades. --- ## [Teenage girls hiding hands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865)
**Author:** [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girls-hiding-hands/97865 "2020-11-23T04:18:51Z")
As an ex teacher, it alays used to puzzle me to see teenage girls walk around with their jersies/cardigans pulled over their hands as if to hide them. This seems to be universal in several countries, but boys, preteen gi… --- ## [In WW2, how did infantry call in artillery without getting hit themselves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-ww2-how-did-infantry-call-in-artillery-without-getting-hit-themselves/611737)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-ww2-how-did-infantry-call-in-artillery-without-getting-hit-themselves/611737 "2012-02-06T05:43:56Z")
an example: - YouTube from the series Band of Brothers. The infantry company is in over their heads and the guy gets on the radio and calls in artillery and says “left one, right three”. I assume those are coordinate… --- ## [What is the Mission of the SDope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-mission-of-the-sdope/602817)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-mission-of-the-sdope/602817 "2011-11-19T01:26:41Z")
I would like the Admins (Mods) who WE PAY to have the privledge to be so holy explain what they see as the mission of the Straightdope, specifically General Questions? And, what the paying customer is paying the SD for?… --- ## [Groups you like but that suck live.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-you-like-but-that-suck-live/610141)
**Author:** [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2012, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-you-like-but-that-suck-live/610141 "2012-02-04T07:35:28Z")
I nominate Toto. I’v never been to one of their concerts, but all the live videos I’ve watched are simply painful. They never get the sound and the vocal performances are surprisingly bad. --- ## [Why is a 20 oz soda more expensive than a two liter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-20-oz-soda-more-expensive-than-a-two-liter/533574)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-20-oz-soda-more-expensive-than-a-two-liter/533574 "2010-03-25T22:08:44Z")
The thread here about the price of milk got me wondering about this. Anyway I see this fairly often. I’ll go into the convenience store and see two-liters of Coke on special for 99 cents. And in the refrigerated case ju… --- ## [Math/Probability question from Sagan/Contact (Pi)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-probability-question-from-sagan-contact-pi/661347)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-probability-question-from-sagan-contact-pi/661347 "2013-06-22T02:19:49Z")
From the novel, not the movie.Ellie, acting upon a suggestion by the senders of the message, works on a program which computes the digits of pi to record lengths in different bases. Very far from the decimal point (10\[su… --- ## [Let's talk about Dr. Weston A. Price and his theories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-dr-weston-a-price-and-his-theories/529447)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-dr-weston-a-price-and-his-theories/529447 "2011-05-31T20:17:10Z")
http://www.westonaprice.org/ A friend at work mentioned this guy the other day, and started to lecture on how our eating habits are bad, raw milk is good for you, soy is poisonous, etc. Thankfully, we were working an… --- ## [Actors who a very good at imitating accents.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-a-very-good-at-imitating-accents/401533)
**Author:** [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-a-very-good-at-imitating-accents/401533 "2007-11-17T13:14:08Z")
I thought the main character for House MD is an American. --- ## [March of the Rantoneers (March mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-rantoneers-march-mini-rants/980582)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-of-the-rantoneers-march-mini-rants/980582 "2023-04-01T20:17:47Z")
Yep, yet another day has gone by with students who are 100% Pavlovian. By that, I mean that no matter what the assignment is, no matter how important it is to them to get it done, the second they get connected to the Int… --- ## [Do any of the major Grocery Stores still bake their own Cakes/Cookies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-the-major-grocery-stores-still-bake-their-own-cakes-cookies/575417)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-the-major-grocery-stores-still-bake-their-own-cakes-cookies/575417 "2021-04-03T06:50:29Z")
I was somewhat shocked to learn the Kroger bakeries no longer cook their cookies, cakes, pies etc. in-house anymore. I found out by asking a manager about getting a custom cake baked. He said all that stuff is cooked in … --- ## [Back By Popular Demand! The Fall 2015 Postcard Exhange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387)
**Author:** [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387 "2015-12-13T04:21:16Z")
Everyone had such a good time with the postcard exchange we just completed that we’re going to do another one! Here’s how to play: PM me your real name (if you wish) and mailing address by Wednesday, September 21. I w… --- ## [Do videogames suck now or am I just getting older?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-videogames-suck-now-or-am-i-just-getting-older/475092)
**Author:** [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-videogames-suck-now-or-am-i-just-getting-older/475092 "2008-12-10T00:53:32Z")
So I have been thinking about this for a while now, and I’d like to get some input on the matter. I have played a good bit of videogames for a while now and I’ve had some games which are near and dear to my heart. But la… --- ## [I pit Stanford's "Personal History Statement"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-stanfords-personal-history-statement/642258)
**Author:** [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-stanfords-personal-history-statement/642258 "2012-11-28T19:26:22Z")
…(700 characters max) Really? 700 characters? 700 measly characters? Your damn question is 579 characters! What the hell is this? A challenge to describe and discuss diversity in 5 tweets or less? Regards diversity as… --- ## [When did it become uncool to like the Dave Matthew’s Band?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-it-become-uncool-to-like-the-dave-matthew-s-band/495581)
**Author:** [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-it-become-uncool-to-like-the-dave-matthew-s-band/495581 "2009-05-11T17:25:51Z")
Okay, I’ll happily admit that playing DMB 24/7 is excessive – insane, even. But I’m surprised how often I hear people talk about them like they’re in secret league with Nickleback, Cold Play, and ICP on a mission to dest… --- ## [Why is denying the Jewish Holocaust such a bad thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-denying-the-jewish-holocaust-such-a-bad-thing/335727)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-denying-the-jewish-holocaust-such-a-bad-thing/335727 "2014-01-24T23:18:06Z")
Six million Jews did die and that is a major crime against humanity. But sadly in the 20th century alot of atrocities have happened. All were evil, and all perpetrators should be held accountable by any means necessary. … --- ## [Historical figures who'd totally go to jail if they lived today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-figures-whod-totally-go-to-jail-if-they-lived-today/717114)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-figures-whod-totally-go-to-jail-if-they-lived-today/717114 "2015-04-23T19:53:07Z")
I was ruminating on this news item today. Short version: Australian politician has just come back from fighting with Kurdish forces against ISIL, may be up for serious jail time since there’s a ban on civilians going the… --- ## [Is there a historical precedent for the current digital filesharing situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-historical-precedent-for-the-current-digital-filesharing-situation/477520)
**Author:** [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-historical-precedent-for-the-current-digital-filesharing-situation/477520 "2009-01-15T21:38:57Z")
I think that a large part of the confusion, misinformation, and constant debate about mp3’s and digital filesharing is that there simply is no historical precedent for what’s going on right now - that is, there has never… --- ## [Is this lottery factoid bogus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-lottery-factoid-bogus/670039)
**Author:** [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-lottery-factoid-bogus/670039 "2013-10-23T15:50:17Z")
Cecil’s column on the lotteryunsurprisingly states that it’s not possible to develop a winning system for choosing numbers. I remember hearing someone on the radio while driving (years ago) who said that some mathematic… --- ## [Is the book "Darwin's Black Box" by Michael J. Behe the end of evolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-book-darwins-black-box-by-michael-j-behe-the-end-of-evolution/196059)
**Author:** [@Brad\_Amundsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Amundsen)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-book-darwins-black-box-by-michael-j-behe-the-end-of-evolution/196059 "2003-08-29T12:52:36Z")
I recently read, " Darwin’s Black Box" by Michael J Behe. He presents an overwhelming case against Darwin’s theory on a biochemical level. Behe uses what he calls “irreducible complexity” as the backbone of his belief th… --- ## [The straight dope on the Nazis: were they left or right/liberal or conservative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-on-the-nazis-were-they-left-or-right-liberal-or-conservative/497316)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-on-the-nazis-were-they-left-or-right-liberal-or-conservative/497316 "2009-05-30T22:28:02Z")
Left wingers/liberals are constantly being compared to Nazis. Glenn Beck incorporates Third Reich footage on his show in discussing the Obama “regime”, the corporate bailout = socialism and socialism = National Socialis… --- ## [Co-signing a child's lease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-signing-a-childs-lease/621416)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-signing-a-childs-lease/621416 "2012-05-11T17:41:20Z")
My youngest girl is just about to graduate college, and I’ve offered to help her get herself set up–she’s looking for an apartment to share with some friends in the Boston area, which is great because I’ll be able to vis… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=597&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=599&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)