# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=614&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:** 615 --- ## [Most Irritating Weird/Affected Pronunciation In A Song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-weird-affected-pronunciation-in-a-song/351974)
**Author:** [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-irritating-weird-affected-pronunciation-in-a-song/351974 "2006-04-20T17:00:03Z")
I think it’s the Matchbox 20 version of the song “Freshman” in which they irritated the Hell out of me by, for reasons unclear to me, appearing to conclude the chorous with the phrase “We were merely frashmen.” Rod Stew… --- ## [Let's carry on a conversation using nothing but song titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-carry-on-a-conversation-using-nothing-but-song-titles/410222)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 353\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-carry-on-a-conversation-using-nothing-but-song-titles/410222 "2007-07-11T04:12:40Z")
Speak to me. --- ## [How do you strike a match with your thumb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-strike-a-match-with-your-thumb/438872)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-strike-a-match-with-your-thumb/438872 "2008-02-24T16:27:10Z")
I just watched Double Indemnity and in it Fred MacMurray lights his matches by just striking his thumb across the top. How do you do this? You can see MacMurray do it in this clip about 18 seconds in: http://video.goog… --- ## [How are the conservatives/GOP getting away with all this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-conservatives-gop-getting-away-with-all-this/289445)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-conservatives-gop-getting-away-with-all-this/289445 "2005-02-21T06:20:17Z")
Do to extreme laziness, I’m not going to list cites, but you’ve heard it all before: planting a stooge in the press corps, paying journalists to promote their agenda, trying to change the ethics rules so Tom DeLay can ke… --- ## [I have kidney damage (please read if you eat a lot of antacids)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-kidney-damage-please-read-if-you-eat-a-lot-of-antacids/193055)
**Author:** [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2005, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-kidney-damage-please-read-if-you-eat-a-lot-of-antacids/193055 "2005-11-04T10:06:01Z")
This is a bit hard for me to write; I generally keep my private life off the boards, so I normally wouldn’t write such a post as this, but I figure perhaps some good can come out of it. Anway, late last year I developed… --- ## [June, no, NOTHING! (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 482\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081 "2025-07-12T19:18:09Z")
Continuing the discussion from …Bring May Glowers (Monthly Mini-Rants): I found another YouTube video which was a mini-documentary and the narrator can’t pronounce things properly. This time it was so bad I couldn’t wa… --- ## [Is It Time to Impeach Bush for Incompetence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-impeach-bush-for-incompetence/365442)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-impeach-bush-for-incompetence/365442 "2006-08-07T23:41:13Z")
Whether you agree with Bush’s policies or not, he looks like a deer caught in the headlights lately. Iraq is going to hell, the mid-east has erupted, and it seems like he has no plan. Is it time to impeach him just to ge… --- ## [Colored wires and the bomb trope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colored-wires-and-the-bomb-trope/528839)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colored-wires-and-the-bomb-trope/528839 "2011-07-22T02:03:03Z")
One of the most common tropes in fiction is which color wire to cut to defuse the bomb. What’s the real situation? Is there some kind of wire color coding convention? Are these used in “legitimate” weaponry (polic… --- ## [Add a Sentence Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-sentence-game/618139)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-sentence-game/618139 "2013-03-13T09:25:59Z")
Basically for this you add a sentence to continue on a story. It was a rainy spring day in Konigsberg as Karl von Rittner was packing his belongings. --- ## [Do frozen bodies still decompose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-frozen-bodies-still-decompose/664147)
**Author:** [@Claire98909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire98909)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-frozen-bodies-still-decompose/664147 "2013-07-22T14:17:58Z")
I work at a major animal hospital and we have two large walk-in freezers in which we store deceased animals and body parts (i.e. testicles and ovaries from sterilizations, spleens from splenectomies, etc). It’s not plea… --- ## [The Royal Wedding; will it be watched by you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-royal-wedding-will-it-be-watched-by-you/579693 "2011-05-04T19:21:45Z")
So who here is planning on watching the royal wedding? I am despite coverage starting at 4am here on the Eastern Seaboard of the US. On of the “benefits” of being unemployed\* is having alot of free time on weekdays.… --- ## [Idiot Teacher Strikes Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-teacher-strikes-again/341449)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2006, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-teacher-strikes-again/341449 "2006-01-28T06:57:55Z")
Once again someone paid to teach our kids has proven themselves of barely having two brain cells to rub together. Teacher Humiliates Bronco Jersey Wearing Student Nice. I’m sure the parents love your enthusiasm for t… --- ## [The armour thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-armour-thread/510778)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-armour-thread/510778 "2009-09-23T20:23:32Z")
What’s your favorite kind of armour? Here are some pictures of various styles from over the years. Gothic armour for Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. Parade armour of Henri II of France French royal armour was typicall… --- ## [The Mystery of Trump's Tax Returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-trumps-tax-returns/754616)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-trumps-tax-returns/754616 "2016-05-17T02:13:58Z")
This article was originally from WaPo. Trump is not going to release his tax returns before the election. This is unprecedented in modern times. The author of the piece speculates on the reasons why Trump may do this: … --- ## [Are there American (US) accents in languages other than English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-american-us-accents-in-languages-other-than-english/582411)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-american-us-accents-in-languages-other-than-english/582411 "2011-05-26T04:57:27Z")
In other words, are there speakers of a non-English language in the US that have developed an accent that is distinctly American? So, do the second-generation Polish speakers in Chicago speak noticeably different than t… --- ## [The Case against Bush (national guard)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-against-bush-national-guard/229231)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-against-bush-national-guard/229231 "2004-07-24T14:16:52Z")
The issue of Bush’s National Guard service first received attention in 2000. During that time no proof of wrongdoing occured, and the matter sunk below the surface until… the next election where it could be revived for… --- ## [Why this stupid new fire drill method at school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-this-stupid-new-fire-drill-method-at-school/596231)
**Author:** [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-this-stupid-new-fire-drill-method-at-school/596231 "2011-09-18T20:15:49Z")
So everybody knows how a fire drill at a school works, right? The alarm sounds, the teacher and the class leave via the nearest exit and go outside as a group to a specified area. Then the teacher takes attendance. We… --- ## [Your music group personnel misconceptions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-music-group-personnel-misconceptions/791825)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-music-group-personnel-misconceptions/791825 "2018-11-04T18:05:09Z")
For a while, I thought Joan Jett was one of the Jets (the late-1980s pop group). Even more incredibly, it was only about two years ago that I learned that Pat Benetar was never part of the Bangles. I don’t know how I c… --- ## [What makes "the creepy guy"... creepy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-the-creepy-guy-creepy/330344)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-the-creepy-guy-creepy/330344 "2005-11-16T23:18:38Z")
There’s this guy I work with, who sends off strong “creepy” vibes. I can’t figure out why, though. He’s never said or done anything to me that is in fact creepy. I’ve never actually heard him speak, honestly or interact… --- ## [Star Trek Discovery Episodes 1 and 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-episodes-1-and-2/797235)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2017, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-episodes-1-and-2/797235 "2017-10-03T11:06:20Z")
I’m excited! New Trek on TV! Episode One premieres on TV but Episodes One and Two will be available for streaming. As courtesy I think any Episode 2 spoilers should be hidden at least for a few days since some people ma… --- ## [Why do YOU want a huge master bedroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-a-huge-master-bedroom/555573)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2010, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-want-a-huge-master-bedroom/555573 "2010-10-02T09:12:00Z")
I’m sitting here trying to find something to write about for a class and in the background yet another annoying couple is looking at houses on House Hunters. Try as I might to not pay attention (she squeaks - why do grow… --- ## [Guys, Would You Let Your GF Wear A Thong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-let-your-gf-wear-a-thong/205320)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-would-you-let-your-gf-wear-a-thong/205320 "2003-10-08T12:06:47Z")
On our last trip to Miamia (SoBeach), my GF mentioned that she needed a new swimsuit…so she hit the stores. A few hours later she returned with a bikini that was about the size of a postage stamp. She put it on(not that … --- ## [Former VP Cheney hospitalized, resting comfortably.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-vp-cheney-hospitalized-resting-comfortably/530071)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-vp-cheney-hospitalized-resting-comfortably/530071 "2010-02-24T19:38:51Z")
They should be water-boarding him. Then he wouldn’t be so comfortable. But then, he might start telling the truth (if his methods for getting the truth are to be believed). --- ## [Surprising info you found out about an historical figure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-info-you-found-out-about-an-historical-figure/838861)
**Author:** [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-info-you-found-out-about-an-historical-figure/838861 "2019-08-29T18:08:24Z")
I’ve always been interested in the age of sail naval battles which of course included the Napoleonic wars but never really read much about the land battles. I stumbled upon Simon Scarrow’s “Young Bloods” series and decid… --- ## [Would setting an air purifier next to the litter box do any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-setting-an-air-purifier-next-to-the-litter-box-do-any-good/671481)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-setting-an-air-purifier-next-to-the-litter-box-do-any-good/671481 "2013-10-28T02:11:38Z")
So I quite smoking a few months ago and have since started noticing smells that weren’t always apparent to me. My biggest issue is with the litter box. I keep it in the laundry room. Now every time I walk in there, it’s … --- ## [Are there any cultures who (which?) haven't kept dogs as pets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cultures-who-which-havent-kept-dogs-as-pets/592466)
**Author:** [@Pheline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pheline)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cultures-who-which-havent-kept-dogs-as-pets/592466 "2011-08-16T05:44:28Z")
Either traditional or contemporary is fine to ponder. We have the idea of “(hu)man’s best friend” but is that universal? --- ## [How about "outing" gay Catholic Priests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-outing-gay-catholic-priests/364376)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-outing-gay-catholic-priests/364376 "2006-07-20T14:09:35Z")
As anyone knows, the Catholic Church, has been dumping on gay people for centuries, but more since gay rights really began in the 1970s and especially now under the former Cardinal Joe Ratzinger aka Pope Benedict . By th… --- ## [Are some companies targeting a-hole s in their commercials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-companies-targeting-a-hole-s-in-their-commercials/567967)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-companies-targeting-a-hole-s-in-their-commercials/567967 "2011-05-29T00:18:12Z")
OK, there seems to be a trend where the “protagonist”, if you will, in the commercial is a complete douche. The most blatant example of this is the ads for Sprint Mobile, the football trainer and the Christmas neighbor.… --- ## [Should I take my socks off during sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588)
**Author:** [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-socks-off-during-sex/217588 "2003-12-11T15:39:48Z")
I’ve had a few women get annoyed in the past, but my current girlfriend is ready to tie me up just to pull them off. --- ## [Why do blue jeans match with any color shirt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-blue-jeans-match-with-any-color-shirt/471936)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-blue-jeans-match-with-any-color-shirt/471936 "2008-11-10T12:47:14Z")
How is it that blue jeans apparently match with any color shirt? Would the same be true for red, green, or purple jeans? Would they still match? Is this just cultural conditioning? --- ## [Movies with important scenes involving food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-important-scenes-involving-food/390729)
**Author:** [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-important-scenes-involving-food/390729 "2007-02-11T01:14:20Z")
I teach a film course at a culinary school. One of the major assignments in the class is to I hope that’s clear enough. To further explain by example: Waiting is not a good choices; while it has food all around it, t… --- ## [How often should I wash my Brita filter pitcher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-should-i-wash-my-brita-filter-pitcher/583516)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-should-i-wash-my-brita-filter-pitcher/583516 "2011-06-02T18:39:57Z")
I change out the filter every three months. But I’m at six months now with the pitcher. I keep the thing in the fridge all the time, except when pouring water or filling the reservoir. So basically the entire usage of… --- ## [Permanently banned.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanently-banned/527635)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanently-banned/527635 "2010-02-10T06:26:58Z")
Everyone’s either been kicked out of a place of business and told not to return, ever, or knows someone who has. Has this ever happened to you? I want some good stories. I also want to know how well-enforced these ban… --- ## [Nonbelievers: If someone else's preteen child asks you if God exists, how do you respond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonbelievers-if-someone-elses-preteen-child-asks-you-if-god-exists-how-do-you-respond/520220)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonbelievers-if-someone-elses-preteen-child-asks-you-if-god-exists-how-do-you-respond/520220 "2010-01-12T19:29:53Z")
Public poll, 5 day ending date, yawn. For purposes of the discussion, let’s assume that the child is under ten years old, that you and the child like one another, and that you are social but not professionally connected… --- ## [Flashforward 09/24 -- Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashforward-09-24-opinions/511452)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashforward-09-24-opinions/511452 "2009-10-08T18:06:06Z")
Didn’t see a thread yet, so decided I’d launch one. Flashforward (ABC) proposes that at 11AM Pacific time on a date in the very near future, more or less the entire human population passes out for two minutes and 17 sec… --- ## [Why do/did people kick the tires of a car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-did-people-kick-the-tires-of-a-car/731618)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-did-people-kick-the-tires-of-a-car/731618 "2015-09-24T01:16:03Z")
It’s a cliche that somebody thinking about buying a car would kick the tires. I’ve never done it because I have no idea how it’s supposed to work. What results were you looking for when you kicked the tires? Does tire … --- ## [Question about Passwords - Is XKCD right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-passwords-is-xkcd-right/967301)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-passwords-is-xkcd-right/967301 "2023-03-07T23:41:40Z")
Came across an XKCD cartoon which critiques the guidelines for passwords (“must have a capital, and a number, and a lowercase, etc”). I don’t know anything about info technology, but I’m curious: is Randall right? --- ## [Weird Habits of the Rich/Famous/Powerful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-habits-of-the-rich-famous-powerful/501688)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-habits-of-the-rich-famous-powerful/501688 "2009-07-15T17:32:02Z")
Not about MJ specifically, although he’s an obvious example. ISTM, based on what I’ve read, that rich/famous/powerful people are more apt to have bizarre quirks than most people. Several possibilities suggest themselves… --- ## [How do you explain poor whites who fought for the Confederacy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-explain-poor-whites-who-fought-for-the-confederacy/617526)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-explain-poor-whites-who-fought-for-the-confederacy/617526 "2012-04-03T11:23:41Z")
In this sesquicentennial of the American Civil War (Sept 22 will mark the 150th anniversary of the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation) I have been hearing lots of debates from neo-Confederate revisionists who … --- ## [What is Thor and the other Asgardians? In Marvel comics and the movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-thor-and-the-other-asgardians-in-marvel-comics-and-the-movie/621281)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-thor-and-the-other-asgardians-in-marvel-comics-and-the-movie/621281 "2012-05-14T17:51:51Z")
Honestly I may have missed some dialogue, are they extremely advanced aliens who just happen to look like humans ala Kryptonians or Time Lords or something else? --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S01E16: End of the Beginning (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e16-end-of-the-beginning-open-spoilers/685132)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e16-end-of-the-beginning-open-spoilers/685132 "2014-04-10T16:43:01Z")
“End of the Beginning” Directed by Bobby Roth Written by Paul Zbyszewski Coulson brings the greatest minds of SHIELD together to finally track down The Clairvoyant. The expected violence and surprises happen. The epi… --- ## [What's so good about Citizen Kane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-good-about-citizen-kane/513443)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-good-about-citizen-kane/513443 "2017-01-27T04:31:36Z")
Alright, Oddly had been all my life without seeing Citizen Kane. So just saw it. Nothing special imo. Why does everyone think this is best movie ever? --- ## [I'm very, very sad about trading my car in and need a hug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-very-sad-about-trading-my-car-in-and-need-a-hug/619012)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-very-very-sad-about-trading-my-car-in-and-need-a-hug/619012 "2012-04-19T18:59:17Z")
Gosh, I just wrote a bit ol’ long screed on this then it disappeared into the ether(net). My 12 year-old Nissan Xterra is suffering, probably to the tune of $1500-2000; I spent $1800 on her last year and she only has 12… --- ## [Modern device your parents had that you don’t have now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-device-your-parents-had-that-you-don-t-have-now/970470)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-device-your-parents-had-that-you-don-t-have-now/970470 "2022-09-25T22:22:50Z")
What modern device did your parents have when you were a kid that you don’t have as an adult? I’ll go first. I was a kid in the 1960s, and my parents had an electric can opener. I’ve never purchased one and see them as … --- ## [Economist says awesome things about Sanders's economic plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economist-says-awesome-things-about-sanderss-economic-plan/745655)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economist-says-awesome-things-about-sanderss-economic-plan/745655 "2016-03-02T22:22:09Z")
An economist named Friedman published a study going on about all the great things Bernie Sanders’s plan will do for the economy. Link on CNN Money The upshot is that increased funding for infrastructure, education and … --- ## [Could Sandusky be innocent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-sandusky-be-innocent/602992)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2011, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-sandusky-be-innocent/602992 "2011-11-18T08:16:04Z")
I haven’t been following the story that closely, but it seems like with everyone jumping on Paterno and McQueary, Sandusky’s guilt is just being taken for granted. What is the nature of the evidence against him (other t… --- ## [Yes, Virginia, there is class struggle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-virginia-there-is-class-struggle/566017)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-virginia-there-is-class-struggle/566017 "2011-01-05T02:32:22Z")
I do not mean to say that there is a class struggle; certainly not the class struggle, with all the Marxist baggage attached to that phrase; but only that class struggle exists. A spinoff of this thread on Marxism. Sta… --- ## [CalMeacham Interviewed on the History Channel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calmeacham-interviewed-on-the-history-channel/504934)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calmeacham-interviewed-on-the-history-channel/504934 "2009-10-29T20:32:07Z")
It’s true. I might regret bringing this up, since I haven’t seen the final product, but KPI Productions looked around for an “expert” on Medusa to interview for their upcoming series Clash of the Gods, and stumbled acro… --- ## [What is something that is "business as usual" now that will be seen as horrible in the future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-something-that-is-business-as-usual-now-that-will-be-seen-as-horrible-in-the-future/672836)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-something-that-is-business-as-usual-now-that-will-be-seen-as-horrible-in-the-future/672836 "2013-11-19T20:48:28Z")
Inspired by this post made in my other thread about the Founding Fathers: --- ## [How do you eat steak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-steak/512842)
**Author:** [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-steak/512842 "2009-10-14T22:04:57Z")
This is from the thread about Obama eating his steak cooked medium well. I know most people - myself included - prefer steak medium rare. In fact, I never liked steak at all while growing up because my parents ordered it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=613&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=615&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)