# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=615&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:** 616 --- ## [A new world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-world/669843)
**Author:** [@misspawdle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misspawdle)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-world/669843 "2013-10-04T05:46:52Z")
I would like to “HOPE” that a new world would come quick. Our Jails and Prisons are getting overcrowded. I would like to see America, like its Singapore and how they treat prisoners. Its called corporal punishment. They… --- ## [Pat Robertson has prostate cancer ... and I'm glad!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-prostate-cancer-and-im-glad/154921)
**Author:** [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-robertson-has-prostate-cancer-and-im-glad/154921 "2003-02-22T17:46:50Z")
Yess! I think this S.O.B. is so evil\* that I’m glad he has this kind of cancer that fucks you up so bad. I hope it kills him soon, although the doctors say it hasn’t appeared to have spread (I hope the docs are wrong): h… --- ## [Bush voters with sons or daughters 18-25](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-voters-with-sons-or-daughters-18-25/286712)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-voters-with-sons-or-daughters-18-25/286712 "2007-02-18T15:05:51Z")
Sign up quick! Your kids have precious few months to get through boot camp and invade Iran! Thank the good lord (in school if you have to) that we now have the opportunity to liberate those heathen muslims from their ty… --- ## [Do you have a pizza peel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-pizza-peel/544549)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-pizza-peel/544549 "2010-06-30T12:43:12Z")
Hi Dopers, Mr. Horseshoe has expressed a desire for a metal pizza peel for his upcoming birthday. What can I say - dude like his pizza. Do any Dopers have one of these, and if so, what would you like to tell me about it… --- ## [Songs with small annoying sounds that just ruin the whole song for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-small-annoying-sounds-that-just-ruin-the-whole-song-for-you/674342)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-small-annoying-sounds-that-just-ruin-the-whole-song-for-you/674342 "2013-11-24T00:56:04Z")
Since I work a lot producing my own music, I like to listen very intently to the backing beats to songs and try to pick out little sounds that I wouldn’t notice on my first pass over a song. This is sometimes really cool… --- ## [Why do some injuries not hurt at first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-injuries-not-hurt-at-first/601211)
**Author:** [@taffygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taffygirl)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-injuries-not-hurt-at-first/601211 "2011-10-30T23:15:17Z")
Yesterday, I got a small but deep scrape while helping a friend move. It didn’t hurt at the time, but about an hour later, it sure did. I have noticed this many times before, and we’ve all read accounts of people who wer… --- ## [OK, women: buy me some shoes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-women-buy-me-some-shoes/626206)
**Author:** [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-women-buy-me-some-shoes/626206 "2012-06-27T02:48:00Z")
I mean, recommend me some. I will be extremely appreciative of all input, including from guys, but I might as well be upfront about the fact that I’m only posting this thread because of the whole “I always look at a guy… --- ## ["Second-party" alcohol sales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-party-alcohol-sales/118190)
**Author:** [@LilShieste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilShieste)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2013, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-party-alcohol-sales/118190 "2013-07-04T09:54:40Z")
OK, this topic seemed to hijack one of the other threads here in IMHO, so I went ahead and started its very own thread (the idea was CnoteChris’s, thanks C) :slight\_smile: Anyway, for those new to the topic: “Second-… --- ## [What did "mark" mean on Star Trek?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-mark-mean-on-star-trek/732913)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-mark-mean-on-star-trek/732913 "2021-09-14T18:17:19Z")
“Heading 315, mark 7” “Heading 041, mark 319” That sort of stuff. I used to think it was angle of inclination until I started noticing the really big numbers. Mark 7 would have the Enterprise flying(?) on a 7-degree in… --- ## [What do you call this insect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-insect/661885)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-insect/661885 "2013-06-26T23:29:17Z")
One of these guys (WARNING: close-up picture of insects, if you dislike that sort of thing), but your local variety may vary depending on where you are in the world. You know, the little dark gray oval guys that roll up… --- ## [Anyone out there with a foreign spouse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-out-there-with-a-foreign-spouse/627876)
**Author:** [@Ele\_the\_Stoic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ele_the_Stoic)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-out-there-with-a-foreign-spouse/627876 "2017-09-22T05:33:50Z")
I’m an anthropologist by training, so I admit this is kind of a weird one, but the question yet BURNS: Do you, or someone you know, have a spouse from a foreign country? If so, how did you meet them? My friend lived in … --- ## [What is a vampire's body temperature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-vampires-body-temperature/164833)
**Author:** [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-vampires-body-temperature/164833 "2003-05-26T19:25:16Z")
I’m speaking of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer canon, since it’s what I’m most familiar with, but I imagine this thread is generalizable to other mythologies. We know vampires aren’t technically alive, and people sometime… --- ## [Is the Darwin Fish an atheist badge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-darwin-fish-an-atheist-badge/585857)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-darwin-fish-an-atheist-badge/585857 "2011-07-05T11:51:04Z")
Because it seems so to me. And I’m struck by the difference in numbers between Darwin Fish and out-and-out atheist bumper stickers. (In fact, I can only recall ever having seen one of the latter – in Cambridge, Mass., … --- ## [Amendment 16, Clause 4, US Constitution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amendment-16-clause-4-us-constitution/587819)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amendment-16-clause-4-us-constitution/587819 "2011-07-18T03:25:20Z")
OK, so this is important because of the debt ceiling thing. Here is the text; Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and boun… --- ## [Libertarianism -- sell me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarianism-sell-me/247353)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarianism-sell-me/247353 "2004-06-05T03:51:30Z")
More and more often I see people posting that they are libertarians, but from what I can tell, it’s a pretty wacked out and impractical philosophy. It seems to me that on the surface it sounds all pie-in-the-sky, but scr… --- ## [Shreveport Officer Wiley Willis reinstated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shreveport-officer-wiley-willis-reinstated/506283)
**Author:** [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shreveport-officer-wiley-willis-reinstated/506283 "2009-08-15T04:35:29Z")
Remember the disturbing video of a woman arrested for DWI (November ‘07), argues/is combative with police officer, then the video stops and then resumes with her laying in a pool of blood? (Yes, a frickin’ pool, not a fe… --- ## [What derogatory names do other races use for white people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-derogatory-names-do-other-races-use-for-white-people/228053)
**Author:** [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-derogatory-names-do-other-races-use-for-white-people/228053 "2004-02-13T05:13:16Z")
A white, English-speaking person wanting to use a racist slur against another culture might use words like nigger, coon, spic, kyke, etc. I was wondering what some equivalent terms were that other cultures use, to refer … --- ## [North Korean Military Strength](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-military-strength/653459)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-military-strength/653459 "2013-03-24T12:52:55Z")
Nuclear capabilities aside, how powerful is the North Korean military? I think the West has armed South Korea well enough, but I don’t know the troop strength of the North vs. the South. If the North attacked the south… --- ## [Ender's Game movie - anyone seen it? (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enders-game-movie-anyone-seen-it-open-spoilers/672796)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enders-game-movie-anyone-seen-it-open-spoilers/672796 "2014-12-13T20:43:12Z")
I’m curious about it for sure. I read the book a few years ago and am wondering how faithful they stayed. Mainly, I am wondering about the ending. Did they: --- ## [Link To Your Desktop Background Pic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298 "2013-06-16T17:32:16Z")
Please warn if NSFW Here’s mine: http://www.zerochan.net/full/436927 --- ## [Emergency! There's a rat in my toilet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergency-theres-a-rat-in-my-toilet/511341)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergency-theres-a-rat-in-my-toilet/511341 "2009-09-27T08:24:18Z")
There’s a live rat in my toilet! I just went in the bathroom and heard a splashing noise, looked in the toilet and a rat was looking back at me. :eek: I have no idea where he came from or how he ended up in the toilet. H… --- ## [Sex injuries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-injuries/572178)
**Author:** [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-injuries/572178 "2011-08-08T20:42:56Z")
The other night I brought home this strong woman. Going down on her she got a little over excited and got to bucking wildly. Ended up with a busted lip. Second sex injury this winter. A friend just told me she ended up w… --- ## [There is no cookie superior to the chocolate chip cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-no-cookie-superior-to-the-chocolate-chip-cookie/598882)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-no-cookie-superior-to-the-chocolate-chip-cookie/598882 "2011-10-11T08:28:41Z")
No matter how many varieties/ingredients you try, you just can’t beat a chocolate chip cookie. Now there are certainly grades of tastiness within the realm of chocolate chip cookies- and some recipes are better. But I’… --- ## [So, When do y'all want to have another White Elephant thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-do-yall-want-to-have-another-white-elephant-thing/249465)
**Author:** [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-do-yall-want-to-have-another-white-elephant-thing/249465 "2004-08-19T03:22:59Z")
I really enjoyed the one 2 years ago. Did I miss one last year? Anyway, I’ve got a bunch of cra… um… I mean treasures I would love to share with ya’ll. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Needed: Science Fiction and Fantasy Quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needed-science-fiction-and-fantasy-quotes/635616 "2012-10-02T02:01:50Z")
For a project I’m looking for some good quotes from various authors of SF and Fantasy. Can you fine people help me remember them? Give me the classics, people. Examples: “You see, I had this space suit.” “He says hi… --- ## [Is Peer-Review Valid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-peer-review-valid/682928)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-peer-review-valid/682928 "2014-03-10T00:42:58Z")
So this story came to my attention a while back: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.full One of my more “intellectually challenged” hippie friends posited that because of this, peer review was worthless and… --- ## [Educate me on one of the finer points of botany, please (Brussels sprouts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-one-of-the-finer-points-of-botany-please-brussels-sprouts/658289)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-one-of-the-finer-points-of-botany-please-brussels-sprouts/658289 "2014-11-28T19:08:38Z")
Okay, I may need to be disabused of the outcome of an intuitive leap I made yesterday. See, it’s always been my impression that a “sprout” is the immature form of a plant (after it’s developed past the point where it wo… --- ## [Symbolism in David Lynch's "Dune."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbolism-in-david-lynchs-dune/512528)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbolism-in-david-lynchs-dune/512528 "2009-10-08T22:49:49Z")
I noticed upon a repeat viewing of David Lynch’s Dune that there are some intense erotic undertones in the scene where the Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother Helen Gaius Mohiam as portrayed by Sian Phillips is testing Paul wi… --- ## [New York bans "trans" fats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-bans-trans-fats/383030)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-bans-trans-fats/383030 "2006-12-22T20:02:55Z")
New York bans trans fats from restaurants. This is just so WRONG! Even if there were evidence that elimination of trans fats from the diet led to a decease in heart attacks (and I don’t think there is - see below), whe… --- ## [Remember Wally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812)
**Author:** [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-wally/519812 "2009-12-11T06:58:42Z")
At one point, before a hard disk on another computer died, I had a transcript of the much-regretted Wally’s conversation with a girl on a sex phone line. Does anyone have a copy of that? It was so funny… I read some of … --- ## [Why does the BMI account for height at the square rather than the cube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-bmi-account-for-height-at-the-square-rather-than-the-cube/623397)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-bmi-account-for-height-at-the-square-rather-than-the-cube/623397 "2012-06-01T14:27:31Z")
The body mass index accounts for an individual’s weight by increasing the height divided at the square, rather than the cube. Do tall and short people not roughly have the same relative dimensions as normal-sized people… --- ## [My sister bought a house and now has too much debt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-bought-a-house-and-now-has-too-much-debt/612958)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-bought-a-house-and-now-has-too-much-debt/612958 "2012-02-17T22:14:50Z")
Mundane and pointless, and I must share because I’m sort of flabbergasted. Warning for some number-crunching. Okay, so, my sister and her husband make $100k. They don’t have much in the way of savings. They have a pleas… --- ## [Do all lefties have bad penmanship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-lefties-have-bad-penmanship/371152)
**Author:** [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-lefties-have-bad-penmanship/371152 "2006-09-05T17:59:18Z")
I’m a righty. My penmanship is beeyootiful. My brother is a leftie whos scrawl is barely legible (appropriate I suppose since he’s doing a Ph.d in epidemology) My son is a lefty who is quite artistic and likes to dood… --- ## [Steps to take for dealing with neighbor's aggressive dog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steps-to-take-for-dealing-with-neighbors-aggressive-dog/669171)
**Author:** [@Frapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frapp)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steps-to-take-for-dealing-with-neighbors-aggressive-dog/669171 "2015-02-14T04:59:59Z")
Just wondering what I should be doing as far as documentation or anything. My upstairs neighbor in my apartment building (privately owned 3 story) has a very aggressive pit bull (or similar breed. Very stocky). Every ti… --- ## [Songs with addresses in them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-addresses-in-them/433561 "2014-03-24T13:13:33Z")
The other day I saw American Gangster and was thrilled to hear Bobby Womack’s Across 110th Street. Then today I heard Crowded House’s Weather With You, which starts : \*Walking 'round the room singing Stormy Weather At … --- ## [Kangaroos and emus not walking backwards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kangaroos-and-emus-not-walking-backwards/98328)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kangaroos-and-emus-not-walking-backwards/98328 "2011-01-27T03:12:28Z")
Here’s another factoid I unearthed, and surprisingly, it doesn’t seem to have been dealt with here. Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian seal for that reason. OK. My first thought is well… --- ## [Is weed bad for dogs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-weed-bad-for-dogs/432803)
**Author:** [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-weed-bad-for-dogs/432803 "2012-07-03T19:42:48Z")
I’m going on vacation next week and a friend of mine has offered to watch my dog while I’m gone, but I happen to know that she smoke a lot of pot. Can the second hand smoke harm my dog? --- ## [Written words you mispronounced until hearing them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/written-words-you-mispronounced-until-hearing-them/770395)
**Author:** [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/written-words-you-mispronounced-until-hearing-them/770395 "2016-11-04T16:57:52Z")
(Mods, please move to IMHO or MPSIMS if better suited for there) If you’re like me, your vocabulary expanded through reading rather than listening. And if you’re like me, a lot of times you were unable to pick up the pr… --- ## [Actors that you just can't stand to watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-you-just-cant-stand-to-watch/846024)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-you-just-cant-stand-to-watch/846024 "2020-01-22T14:14:39Z")
In this thread, I’d like to ask people to name one actor they just cannot stand to watch in movies or TV shows - especially if other people don’t seem to find them particularly horrible. If you like, please state some r… --- ## [Sex in R rated movies- Real or fake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-r-rated-movies-real-or-fake/216937)
**Author:** [@flusyndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flusyndrome)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-r-rated-movies-real-or-fake/216937 "2003-12-06T10:56:19Z")
I can’t help but wonder it this people really go at it or is it fake. If you have seen Monster’s ball or The other side of midnight (old movie, one of Susan Sarandon’s first) for example, it is pretty explicit and I just… --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S02E05: A Hen in the Wolf House (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s02e05-a-hen-in-the-wolf-house-open-spoilers/702101 "2014-10-29T17:18:41Z")
“A Hen in the Wolf House” Directed by Holly Dale Written by Brent Fletcher Action. Intrigue. Stress. Action Intrigue Surprise. Action. Intrigue. Stress. Character regression. Heart warmth. Hilarity. Heartb… --- ## [Will there be a US economic collapse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-us-economic-collapse/679337)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-a-us-economic-collapse/679337 "2014-01-29T04:39:41Z")
We are inflating our currency with our central bank. As I understand it the main thing keeping us afloat is the fact that other countries are backed by the US dollar (originally because the US dollar was very solid due t… --- ## [What typified the decades of the 1980's and 1990's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typified-the-decades-of-the-1980s-and-1990s/617696)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-typified-the-decades-of-the-1980s-and-1990s/617696 "2012-04-18T02:21:22Z")
Other decades have their stereotypes. The 1920’s (Roaring Twenties) is associated with partay-time, loosening of social rules, and widespread lawlessness. The 1930’s is associated with frugality and economic trauma. I… --- ## [God? (Got proof? Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more) \[ed. title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-got-proof-once-more-unto-the-breach-dear-friends-once-more-ed-title/408042)
**Author:** [@GenericAzn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GenericAzn)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-got-proof-once-more-unto-the-breach-dear-friends-once-more-ed-title/408042 "2007-06-21T22:57:44Z")
I realize that many people believe in god, jesus, buddha, allah, etc. However, what kind of proof is there to substantiate any of these beliefs? All of these beliefs also coincide with each other, so if one of these we… --- ## [Tiger is finished!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-is-finished/569566)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-is-finished/569566 "2011-06-10T23:40:13Z")
Hope you didn’t turn in to the tourney late today, cause you woulda missed el Tigre. What are they talking about a “new” swing? How many new swings has this guy gone through? Fun leaderboard - especially so with Tige… --- ## [What's the goriest thing you've seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953 "2019-10-31T05:56:59Z")
Me? Not much. I have seen the occasional fender-bender but never have I came across a full blown fatal decapitation scene or anything even remotely close. How about the rest of you? What gore and guts have you seen, … --- ## [What does your partner call you in bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-partner-call-you-in-bed/676167)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-partner-call-you-in-bed/676167 "2014-01-29T02:13:26Z")
Alternate Title: So What’s Your Fucking Name? :smiley: Inspired by this thread. So is it “Honey”, “Dearest”, “Studmuffin”, or something else? --- ## [Has a false accusation of racism ever caused significant harm to anyone in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-false-accusation-of-racism-ever-caused-significant-harm-to-anyone-in-the-us/684635)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-false-accusation-of-racism-ever-caused-significant-harm-to-anyone-in-the-us/684635 "2014-03-28T05:09:58Z")
In this thread, we were discussing (among other things) false accusations of racism, and how (supposedly) they are common and harmful. So I challenged on the harmful bit, asking the question “Has a false accusation of r… --- ## [Women: What do you think of facial hair on guys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340 "2014-07-20T20:10:20Z")
I’ve been separated for over a year now, and I suppose I have every opportunity to reinvent myself physically, if I so choose. Apart from a cheesy mustache in my 20s I’ve never grown facial hair. I have a pretty good h… --- ## [So, has For Better Or For Worse completely abandoned the "reboot" idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-for-better-or-for-worse-completely-abandoned-the-reboot-idea/525231)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-has-for-better-or-for-worse-completely-abandoned-the-reboot-idea/525231 "2010-01-19T17:28:21Z")
I thought the artist was going back to the old strip and republishing it with a little tweaking. That seemed accurate, as I’ve been remembering bits and pieces of it as it goes along. However, I don’t remember squat ab… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=614&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=616&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)