# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=618&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:** 619 --- ## [Using light from the sun to heat something above temperature of the sun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-light-from-the-sun-to-heat-something-above-temperature-of-the-sun/713140)
**Author:** [@DaveBfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveBfd)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-light-from-the-sun-to-heat-something-above-temperature-of-the-sun/713140 "2016-02-10T22:08:10Z")
This is a question I stole from another source. The answer given was that it was impossible. This seems counter-intuitive to me, could somebody explain what the answer is, and why? Lets use ideal circumstances of an u… --- ## [My Brother the Chemo Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-the-chemo-kid/474563)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-the-chemo-kid/474563 "2009-05-14T16:03:06Z")
Continuing the story I’d previously continued here. My brother is home from the hospital after his first chemotherapy treatment, which was quick and easy if you ignore the six hours of waiting around we did first. He w… --- ## [should obesity be treated initially as a mental health issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-obesity-be-treated-initially-as-a-mental-health-issue/719598)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-obesity-be-treated-initially-as-a-mental-health-issue/719598 "2015-05-30T12:36:44Z")
The HAES (health at any size) movement is now demanding that doctors “do not prescribe weight loss as a medical intervention” and “provide me shame free medical care”. See the hand out card at the bottom of this page: … --- ## [Politics, Cranick, and the Firefighters Who Let His House Burn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politics-cranick-and-the-firefighters-who-let-his-house-burn/556369)
**Author:** [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politics-cranick-and-the-firefighters-who-let-his-house-burn/556369 "2011-12-08T23:17:24Z")
Gene Cranick lives in rural Tennessee–Obion County. The people who live there have voted against an increase in taxes that would give them a fire department. Instead, they each pay a yearly fee of $75 to a nearby city in… --- ## [Indian accents - funny? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-accents-funny-why/211047)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-accents-funny-why/211047 "2003-11-07T07:01:52Z")
Whenever I hear Engligh spoken with a Southern, New York, British, German, Australian, French, Northern Mexican, or almost every other possible accent, I tend to just think “yeah, it’s an accent.” An Asian Indian accent… --- ## [Copyright Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-question/711031)
**Author:** [@AdamF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AdamF)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-question/711031 "2015-02-06T18:57:49Z")
Can somebody help me justify protecting derivative works? So if you write a novel, you also own rights to plays or films based on that novel, and you own rights to all translations of the novel. The way I look at it, t… --- ## [Franklin's Lost Expedition - Found](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franklins-lost-expedition-found/697980)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franklins-lost-expedition-found/697980 "2019-09-02T06:56:50Z")
After more than 150 years of searching in Canada’s northern wastes, they’ve found one of the ships from Franklin’s Lost Expedition which attempted to plot a course across the Northern Passage only to meet with disaster, … --- ## [Debaser Pits the Boston Radio Market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debaser-pits-the-boston-radio-market/648218)
**Author:** [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debaser-pits-the-boston-radio-market/648218 "2013-01-27T16:16:29Z")
I just woke up from a coma that I’ve been in for the past few years. I’m in the mood to listen to the radio. I turn on the dial and feel in the mood for some modern rock, so I put on WBCN 104.1. I’m greeted by the sou… --- ## [You-hoo, living\_in\_hell! Over here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hoo-living_in_hell-over-here/621574)
**Author:** [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hoo-living_in_hell-over-here/621574 "2012-05-14T16:02:55Z")
Y’know, my dear little troll, I probably shouldn’t be doing this since it’s only feeding your “PAY ATTENTION TO ME, DAMN YOU!!!” complex. Still, in your \[del\]pay attention to my tantalizing little problems I’ll tease yo… --- ## [Bridge on the River Kwai](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-on-the-river-kwai/666848)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-on-the-river-kwai/666848 "2014-07-08T11:06:50Z")
On TCM. Just finished watching. We’ve had many, many threads on best movies. Just think it holds up where many don’t. My top ten. MODERATOR NOTE: Please be aware that this thread was started in Aug 2013, until abo… --- ## [Does anyone use non-clumping cat litter, and for the love of Og WHY??!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-use-non-clumping-cat-litter-and-for-the-love-of-og-why/279661)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-use-non-clumping-cat-litter-and-for-the-love-of-og-why/279661 "2004-12-14T15:08:54Z")
The wiffey accidentily bought non-clumping cat litter last week. Sigh… I didn’t realise what the difference would be untill I tried to use the stuff. The cats might as well just be crapping on the basement steps. At … --- ## [The Handmaid's Tale: season 2 (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-season-2-open-spoilers/813127)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-season-2-open-spoilers/813127 "2018-11-24T22:44:42Z")
Season 2 premieres today on Hulu. Pretty much all of the book was covered in season 1 so we’re now into all original material and plotlines. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk --- ## [I need bizarre dating game questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bizarre-dating-game-questions/99322)
**Author:** [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bizarre-dating-game-questions/99322 "2013-05-27T05:59:58Z")
Lately I’ve been having fun playing The Dating Game at http://station.sony.com/. I’ll either give bizarre answers as the contestant or ask weird questions when I am the ‘Chooser’. I’ve been hitting a creative wall comi… --- ## [Are Any Boys Named After Flowers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397 "2009-04-20T18:21:13Z")
There are plenty of girls’ names that are also names of flowers, like Rose, Violet, Iris, Lily, Ivy, Petunia Daisy, Pansy, Dahlia, and of course Hyacinth :slight\_smile: I can’t think of any names of flowers that could b… --- ## [Priebus gets the heave-ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/priebus-gets-the-heave-ho/792344)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/priebus-gets-the-heave-ho/792344 "2017-07-31T18:55:25Z")
Story here. I guess he had it coming with the “mooch” entering the circle of trust. --- ## [Respond to this Anti-Obama Gun Freak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-this-anti-obama-gun-freak/472687)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-this-anti-obama-gun-freak/472687 "2009-02-12T01:31:51Z")
From a local (Southern Illinois) message board Re: Obama: “I don’t have an axe to grind because of race. However, I don’t trust him at all about not tinkering with gun owners and what they will be allowed to have. He, a… --- ## [Not Your Usual Breakup Songs Needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367)
**Author:** [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367 "2012-04-13T03:50:51Z")
My g/f has decided to break up with me. Other than being completely devastated, I’m doing perfectly fine. :(:(:frowning: We would like to remain friends once the dust settles and I’d like to make her a mix of songs of… --- ## [Stats on 99er dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735 "2024-01-03T01:28:54Z")
A recent banning of a 99er got me thinking. How many 99ers were there ever? How many are still active? How many were banned? Maybe s brief breakdown of vague reasons (no need to name names) And finally, How many…gul… --- ## [Best "temporary" repair tape for auto bodies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-temporary-repair-tape-for-auto-bodies/712188)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-temporary-repair-tape-for-auto-bodies/712188 "2015-02-12T11:47:11Z")
I just bought an older car with a sunroof and suspect it might leak, or might start to leak if left outside in The Cold Rain and Snow. :wink: I want to seal it up with tape (on the exterior) until the summer when I ca… --- ## [Do you go down stairs/steps without looking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-go-down-stairs-steps-without-looking/567928)
**Author:** [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-go-down-stairs-steps-without-looking/567928 "2018-09-23T16:19:37Z")
Inspired by this thread. I can’t go down stairs/steps without looking where my foot is going. I see people IRL or in movies walking down stairs in a house or steps in front of a building/courthouse/etc while talking and … --- ## [What Would YOU Do? \[Co-working napping on job\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-co-working-napping-on-job/697998)
**Author:** [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-co-working-napping-on-job/697998 "2014-09-15T14:06:52Z")
I sit in a small pod of low-walled cubicles with five other analysts. One of them is new and very young. For the past couple of weeks, she has put her head down and (apparently) taken a nap around 2 pm every day. What … --- ## [Why are there so many stop signs on American roads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-stop-signs-on-american-roads/635700)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-stop-signs-on-american-roads/635700 "2012-09-26T20:37:34Z")
It seems to me a) from when I have been there and b) what I pick up from osmosis that American road junctions have loads and loads of stop signs which just aren’t necessary - they could be what I think you call yield sig… --- ## [Voluntary non-reproduction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voluntary-non-reproduction/534663)
**Author:** [@AllFreedomUnlessDefyingScience](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllFreedomUnlessDefyingScience)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voluntary-non-reproduction/534663 "2010-04-16T20:10:36Z")
I’d like to know what percentage of people choose not to have children without reasons like infertility, genetic disease, health of the mother, or other obvious forced choices not to reproduce. For most of my life I didn… --- ## [Cool things to put on a T-shirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-to-put-on-a-t-shirt/338857)
**Author:** [@Bernard\_Marx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bernard_Marx)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-to-put-on-a-t-shirt/338857 "2006-01-17T00:42:01Z")
Hi all! I want to get a T-shirt embroidered with a cool phrase or saying. Ideally, when I wear this T-shirt in public, it will: \[ul\] \[li\]demonstrate my intellectual mastery of all things, and;\[/li\]\[li\]make attractive … --- ## [Automatic Transmission With Higher MPG Than Manual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-transmission-with-higher-mpg-than-manual/573260)
**Author:** [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-transmission-with-higher-mpg-than-manual/573260 "2011-03-04T23:51:48Z")
I noticed that some automatic transmissions actually have EPA MPG ratings than the same car with a manual transmission. I assumed that this meant that this meant that automatic transmission technology had actually improv… --- ## [The Dems held the House for 40 years, how did that happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dems-held-the-house-for-40-years-how-did-that-happen/699786)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dems-held-the-house-for-40-years-how-did-that-happen/699786 "2015-03-22T03:16:23Z")
The Democrats had an uninterrupted hold on the House from 1954ish until 1994. The next longest is about 8 years. What caused this anomaly? --- ## [On what language is the "stereotypical" Indian accent based?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-language-is-the-stereotypical-indian-accent-based/700861)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-what-language-is-the-stereotypical-indian-accent-based/700861 "2014-10-14T12:04:27Z")
I’ve bumped into and worked with enough Indian people to hear this accent (and of course heard it on TV and movies). What actual language is it a carryover from? --- ## [How do I teach my pets not to sleep on our bed at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-teach-my-pets-not-to-sleep-on-our-bed-at-night/643813)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-teach-my-pets-not-to-sleep-on-our-bed-at-night/643813 "2012-12-16T04:30:45Z")
Webmd says that one way to improve sleep is to: I want to, but I don’t know how. If we just close the door, the cats will scratch at the door and mew to be left inside. Or they will mew and scratch whenever they want a… --- ## [Language usage: "wound up" vs. "winded up"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-usage-wound-up-vs-winded-up/444621)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-usage-wound-up-vs-winded-up/444621 "2008-04-11T00:09:51Z")
I’m reading CityRoom blog on the New York Times’ website. In one of the entries by a regular Times staff writer (not a reader or other outsider) is this line: " …He wanted to go hunt Osama bin Laden, but winded up in Ir… --- ## [Billy Idols version of Mony Mony: Get laid, get fu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-idols-version-of-mony-mony-get-laid-get-fu/412088)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-idols-version-of-mony-mony-get-laid-get-fu/412088 "2017-03-08T04:40:19Z")
cked. I recall that in the early/mid 80’s whenever they playedd this song in clubs people would chant “Hey, hey what? Get laid get fcked\*” or “Hey motherfuker, get laid get fuced”. I know it wasn’t just a local thing b… --- ## [Argue against "If you won't tolerate my intolerance, you're a hypocrite."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argue-against-if-you-wont-tolerate-my-intolerance-youre-a-hypocrite/682350)
**Author:** [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argue-against-if-you-wont-tolerate-my-intolerance-youre-a-hypocrite/682350 "2014-10-08T22:31:49Z")
The current flap over the “religious freedom” issue in Arizona has me once again seeing a lot of people trying to win the debate by insisting that the voices of acceptance and tolerance need to accept and tolerate views … --- ## [What else would you look for in a bookstore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-would-you-look-for-in-a-bookstore/549350)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-would-you-look-for-in-a-bookstore/549350 "2010-08-17T23:53:46Z")
I’m doing some thought experiments, and I’d absolutely love feedback from Dopers. As many of you know, my wife and I own a small (~1,500 square feet) bookstore in a small town. When we bought the store in 2001, it sold … --- ## [Plug for Bathtub Overflow Drain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plug-for-bathtub-overflow-drain/132806)
**Author:** [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plug-for-bathtub-overflow-drain/132806 "2002-10-19T05:39:39Z")
Looking for a plug for the overflow drain in my clawfoot tub, so I can take a really deep bath. I’m not looking for a fancy within-the-drain plug. Silly putty works, but is kind of hard to get out, if the water’s hot. I… --- ## [Some Bush Supporters = Bunch of cunts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-bush-supporters-bunch-of-cunts/385412)
**Author:** [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-bush-supporters-bunch-of-cunts/385412 "2007-01-02T15:18:05Z")
I’m sitting here full of xmas spirit(drink :wink: ) watching on split screen as I’ve got a fancy tv, Iraq bullshit on one screen and U2 singing In The Name of Love on the other and I’ve got to say one thing to several m… --- ## [Do you think people would notice if YOU stopped posting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-would-notice-if-you-stopped-posting/404503 "2007-05-31T16:54:29Z")
This may be better suited for IMHO. If so, sorry it’s here and I obviously wouldn’t mind it moved, but although it’s a poll of sorts, it’s kind of a pointless/nonimportant poll. Basically, after reading this thread wher… --- ## [Apparently, Frank Drebin had a daughter \[TV show "Angie Tribeca"\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789 "2019-01-31T15:43:26Z")
I just saw a few episodes of a new show on TBS, Angie Tribeca, and I swear the show is 90% Police Squad! and 10% Sledge Hammer. The first season was a 25 hour/10 episode marathon on January 17th and 18th, and the 2nd se… --- ## [Eyeglasses prescription - fill without the bifocals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeglasses-prescription-fill-without-the-bifocals/655065)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeglasses-prescription-fill-without-the-bifocals/655065 "2013-04-11T14:36:40Z")
I have a prescription for new glasses with bifocal lenses, which I got filled as-is. Only the bifocal are horrible and I’m getting horrible eye strain and constant headaches. Does anyone know if I could get glasses with… --- ## [Doesn't make sense. So you can actually force a woman to commit felatio? DSK related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-make-sense-so-you-can-actually-force-a-woman-to-commit-felatio-dsk-related/590364)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-make-sense-so-you-can-actually-force-a-woman-to-commit-felatio-dsk-related/590364 "2011-08-01T13:30:51Z")
I don’t get it… Hasn’t anybody ever heard of “teeth.” Wouldn’t teeth be the ultimate weapon to limit the event? --- ## [Simple safety question: Can I leave a portable air tank pressurized for long periods of time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-safety-question-can-i-leave-a-portable-air-tank-pressurized-for-long-periods-of-time/677600)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-safety-question-can-i-leave-a-portable-air-tank-pressurized-for-long-periods-of-time/677600 "2014-01-10T20:54:44Z")
Super basic safety/prudence question here. I have a compressor and this portable air tank. I fill the tank up every time I want to use it (and don’t want to lug the compressor upstairs), then empty it and put it back in… --- ## [Why has male domination worked so well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-male-domination-worked-so-well/770424)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-male-domination-worked-so-well/770424 "2016-11-08T17:04:26Z")
Since the dawn of recorded history, society has been dominated by men. Sure there have been many powerful women - Elizabeth, Mathilda, Cleopatra, Hatsheput, Catharine the Great, etc - and it’s a foolish man who does not … --- ## [I just broke up with my boyfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-broke-up-with-my-boyfriend/578027)
**Author:** [@alenaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alenaroo)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-broke-up-with-my-boyfriend/578027 "2011-06-29T14:59:22Z")
I haven’t written much here but I’ve read quite a few threads and people seem to be very helpful and supportive here, and I’m at my wits end right now. I broke up with a boyfriend of three years because he is unable to c… --- ## [OK removing 1 banana from a bunch at grocery store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-removing-1-banana-from-a-bunch-at-grocery-store/666895)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-removing-1-banana-from-a-bunch-at-grocery-store/666895 "2013-08-28T02:46:01Z")
Earth shattering question ahead: I was at the grocery store today and spent a few seconds looking over the banana bunches to get just the right one. It had to be just the right degree of ripeness. I’d reject the entir… --- ## [Blaming the other woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blaming-the-other-woman/705251)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blaming-the-other-woman/705251 "2014-12-05T16:42:13Z")
For the zillionth time in a tv show/movie came the scene of the irate wife confronting the ‘other woman.’ Attacking her for ruining her marriage and demanding to know why she didn’t think of the children she and he had.… --- ## [Gary Oldman defends Mel Gibson, Alec Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-oldman-defends-mel-gibson-alec-baldwin/691568)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-oldman-defends-mel-gibson-alec-baldwin/691568 "2014-06-27T12:29:04Z")
From an upcoming interview in Playboy magazine. Excerpts: “Mel Gibson is in a town that’s run by Jews, and he said the wrong thing because he’s actually bitten the hand that I guess has fed him – and doesn’t need to fee… --- ## [How much say does the father have in abortions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-say-does-the-father-have-in-abortions/573174)
**Author:** [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-say-does-the-father-have-in-abortions/573174 "2011-04-14T16:39:20Z")
If the mother wants an abortion, but the father wants the baby, does his say matter at all? Not sure if this depends on local ordinances or not. --- ## [Quick and Easy Explanation of Standard Deviation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-and-easy-explanation-of-standard-deviation/214185)
**Author:** [@rivit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivit)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-and-easy-explanation-of-standard-deviation/214185 "2003-11-21T19:13:13Z")
I’m trying to wrap my head around the concept of Standard Deviation. I’m not exactly a math person, so a lot of the explanations that I’ve been reading have gone right over my head. Can any one out there give me a quic… --- ## [How to respond when someone corrects you, but you aren't wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-respond-when-someone-corrects-you-but-you-arent-wrong/319363)
**Author:** [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-respond-when-someone-corrects-you-but-you-arent-wrong/319363 "2005-09-01T01:58:53Z")
People seem to be getting bolder about correcting other folks in public. One unfortunate effect is that often I find that I am being corrected when I am not wrong. Recently I was speaking to a small group of people, and… --- ## [Does anyone here make kool aid with sugar substitutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-make-kool-aid-with-sugar-substitutes/250383)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-make-kool-aid-with-sugar-substitutes/250383 "2023-09-05T02:22:53Z")
I am in college so i’m damn cheap. Instead of spending 60 cents on a 2 liter of generic soda i think i will start buying those $0.10 generic kool aid packets and putting another ten cents worth of sugar substitutes & rea… --- ## [What would happen if another planet (say mars) collided into earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-another-planet-say-mars-collided-into-earth/244404)
**Author:** [@LuckySevens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckySevens)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-another-planet-say-mars-collided-into-earth/244404 "2015-02-06T13:10:24Z")
Ok, basic reasoning says it won’t happen, but lets hypothesise that somehow mars lost its orbit, and hurtled towards earth at a similar speed to what it does now. It is going to collide dead on with the surface of earth. … --- ## [Why should priests be afforded greater privilege than lawyers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-priests-be-afforded-greater-privilege-than-lawyers/514978)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-priests-be-afforded-greater-privilege-than-lawyers/514978 "2009-10-28T15:08:51Z")
Occasioned by questions raised in this thread. I’m talking about privileged communications between a priest and those he confesses, a lawyer and his client, a doctor and his patient, etc. Only the priest has absolute p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=617&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=619&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)