# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=633&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:** 634 --- ## [Boomers are gonna start dropping like flies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomers-are-gonna-start-dropping-like-flies/486670)
**Author:** [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomers-are-gonna-start-dropping-like-flies/486670 "2009-02-25T06:58:50Z")
There has been some consternation that as the baby boom now starts to retire we are going to have some serious problems with social security and Medicare. My mother-in-law’s cousin just dropped from a heart attack. She… --- ## [What makes Japanese Cars so good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-japanese-cars-so-good/303071)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-japanese-cars-so-good/303071 "2005-05-24T19:51:20Z")
By any measure (defects per vehicle), failure rate per 1000 miles, initial quality, japanese made cars are good. Makes like LEXUS have very few initial problems, and the vehicle systems (like radio, alternator, water pum… --- ## [How do Stub Hub and other vendors get tickets to anything, even sold out events?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-stub-hub-and-other-vendors-get-tickets-to-anything-even-sold-out-events/504536)
**Author:** [@shallora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shallora)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-stub-hub-and-other-vendors-get-tickets-to-anything-even-sold-out-events/504536 "2009-07-29T01:20:23Z")
How do Stub Hub and other ticket vendors get tickets to anything, even sold out events, and sometimes even before tickets go on sale? Example: My favorite band – U2 – announces an upcoming concert at my local arena, an… --- ## [AI Intelligence, rate of growth of in a given generation of AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-intelligence-rate-of-growth-of-in-a-given-generation-of-ai/690911)
**Author:** [@Pandoranoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandoranoid)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-intelligence-rate-of-growth-of-in-a-given-generation-of-ai/690911 "2014-06-23T15:28:16Z")
Many articles postulating the different potential outcomes of current research into AI technology I’ve read are quite insistently modest when it comes to summarizing the current level of AI capabilities. It seems agreed… --- ## [Could the right makeup make this young woman more attractive or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-right-makeup-make-this-young-woman-more-attractive-or-not/740014)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-right-makeup-make-this-young-woman-more-attractive-or-not/740014 "2016-02-07T17:18:04Z")
This person is Abigail Fisher and is in the newsas part of a SCOTUS case regarding affirmative action. The case aside for the moment she intrigues me because she has gorgeous hair like golden red sunshine but her face … --- ## [Colorado teacher Jay Bennish suspended after anti-Bush/anti-capitalism rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-teacher-jay-bennish-suspended-after-anti-bush-anti-capitalism-rant/346778)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2006, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-teacher-jay-bennish-suspended-after-anti-bush-anti-capitalism-rant/346778 "2006-03-06T05:59:27Z")
Thus spake Mr. Jay Bennish, an Overland High School geography teacher, to his 10th grade class in 20-minute lesson captured on tape by one of his students and available here. Other gems included: And of course there’s… --- ## [What happened to my banana?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-banana/566837 "2011-01-15T15:37:16Z")
Earlier today I got up and peeled a banana. I found the peel in my trash can, so I know this part is true. I have no recollection of actually eating the banana; I think I may have sat it down and went to the bathroom or … --- ## [Puppy-pitching Bosnia girl found](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-pitching-bosnia-girl-found/555235)
**Author:** [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-pitching-bosnia-girl-found/555235 "2010-10-22T02:03:15Z")
Possibly OFN, but here’s the link anyway: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/09/03/2010-09-03\_puppy\_drowning\_girl\_found\_by\_bosnian\_police\_after\_disturbing\_video\_released\_.html?obref=obinsite I know this story w… --- ## [1 Corinthians 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-corinthians-15/582819)
**Author:** [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-corinthians-15/582819 "2011-05-27T23:56:59Z")
I’ve been doing a bit of reading lately on the origins of Christianity. As such, it seems that some contend that 1 Corinthians 15 is an interpolation. Others contend that it represents a basic Christian creed that the e… --- ## [In your opinion: What's a sandwich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-a-sandwich/565762 "2011-03-15T02:49:24Z")
In another thread, someone describes a hamburger as a “Sandwich.” I’ve noticed this before, and wonder if it’s a regionalism. I’ve never heard someone in real life call a hamburger a “sandwich.” A hamburger is a hambu… --- ## [Would it hurt to have my foot ran over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-hurt-to-have-my-foot-ran-over/295687)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-hurt-to-have-my-foot-ran-over/295687 "2005-03-22T18:22:27Z")
Any ol’ car will do…am I going to crawl away with “flat feet” or is it just going to be a hardly-noticeable bump? Let’s start small and go big. At first say, a Fiat Cinquecento, then an a-typical soccer-mom minivan, and … --- ## [How large should the social safety net be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-large-should-the-social-safety-net-be/842704)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-large-should-the-social-safety-net-be/842704 "2019-11-06T23:06:24Z")
\[I wasn’t entirely sure where to put this: IMHO? Elections? This seemed the most appropriate landing spot\] Democrats these days are sometimes derided by their opponents for trying to “buy” votes by offering “free” stuf… --- ## [What motivates political anti-intellectualism, what counteracts it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-political-anti-intellectualism-what-counteracts-it/519093)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-political-anti-intellectualism-what-counteracts-it/519093 "2009-12-08T02:43:42Z")
It seems both the right and the left can engage in anti-intellectualism. The right doesn’t like college professors and feels ivory tower liberal elitists want to tell down home people how to live and what to think. But … --- ## [FUCK YOU Bruce Pardo, and the "Covina Christmas Massacre"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-bruce-pardo-and-the-covina-christmas-massacre/478811)
**Author:** [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-bruce-pardo-and-the-covina-christmas-massacre/478811 "2013-04-10T12:35:16Z")
This will not be eloquent or creative. This hits way too fucking close to home for me to try, or to care. This is MY FUCKING NEIGHBORHOOD. We were awakened by all the sirens and lights about midnight on Christmas Eve.… --- ## [Some Geography Trivia Fun: Degree Confluences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-geography-trivia-fun-degree-confluences/530767)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-geography-trivia-fun-degree-confluences/530767 "2014-09-14T16:52:21Z")
Visit The Degree Confluence Project for more details, but the quickie idea is: Further, Using links at the site I locate this Map of Tennessee and from it I locate this confluence nearest my home Using similar techn… --- ## [Genuinely clever foreshadowing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genuinely-clever-foreshadowing/643575)
**Author:** [@andrew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrew_1)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genuinely-clever-foreshadowing/643575 "2013-01-06T01:23:42Z")
I’m a long-time Futurama fan but only just discovered tonight that in the original pilot, when Fry is cryogenically frozen, you can see the shadow of Nibbler pushing him into the freezer, when it previously appeared he h… --- ## [When AA says I should turn my life over to a higher power I don't think they meant you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-aa-says-i-should-turn-my-life-over-to-a-higher-power-i-dont-think-they-meant-you/615639)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-aa-says-i-should-turn-my-life-over-to-a-higher-power-i-dont-think-they-meant-you/615639 "2012-06-10T21:27:51Z")
A week ago I joined Alcoholics Anonymous and began going to meetings at a center that is near my home that has many meetings of all sorts every week. The people are nice and helpful and didn’t seem to have any problem w… --- ## [What does Iran really want, geostrategically?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-iran-really-want-geostrategically/602273)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-iran-really-want-geostrategically/602273 "2011-11-16T19:59:51Z")
ISTM – and this seems to be consensus of foreign-policy commentators I’ve read – that what Iran wants – what goal endures through changes of regime – is only what Iran thinks it is historically entitled to: Not actual t… --- ## [Successful restaurant without alcohol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-restaurant-without-alcohol/387561)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-restaurant-without-alcohol/387561 "2007-01-16T07:34:46Z")
I’m not sure if this should be in GD, Cafe Society, or here, but I’m hoping y’all can help settle an argument for me. I have a friend of mine who is a fellow food-lover and who is also a Muslim. We got into a discussion … --- ## [Waiting for the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194 "2016-07-25T10:42:02Z")
No one started today yet. I got nothing. But we now have a place to begin. Happy Moanday!! --- ## [Restaurants that should be nuked from orbit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-should-be-nuked-from-orbit/416206)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-should-be-nuked-from-orbit/416206 "2007-09-02T18:30:14Z")
Here’s your chance, Dopers! TPTB have given you carte blanche to wipe on restaurant or chain from the face of the Earth forever. Who do you chose? The faux Italian chain that gets all its food prepackaged? The faux Aussi… --- ## [GT's vacation: a confessional and challenging MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gts-vacation-a-confessional-and-challenging-mmp/461171)
**Author:** [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gts-vacation-a-confessional-and-challenging-mmp/461171 "2008-09-03T04:02:59Z")
As the casual observer may have gathered, I’m on vacation. I’m staying home without a particular goal for the first time in more years than I can remember. In part, I’m running away from work, which has been extra-stre… --- ## [Goddammit Catholic Church, you just won't learn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-catholic-church-you-just-wont-learn/551934)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddammit-catholic-church-you-just-wont-learn/551934 "2010-09-02T02:28:33Z")
Finally one of the sex abuse victims of a priest (actually a bishop, but WTF) had the gumption to record meetings with a church official about his abuse. And it is not pretty. This was in Belgium, and the rapist was Be… --- ## [We Buy Diabetic Test Strips - Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-buy-diabetic-test-strips-huh/569361)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-buy-diabetic-test-strips-huh/569361 "2017-05-23T17:34:38Z")
At the local dive BBQ take-out joint they had a bulletin board full of business cards left by various small entreprenuers. Home remodeling, lawn services, Mary Kay, used cars, etc. So far, so ordinary. But … I found … --- ## [Medical Mechanical scales vs. Digital scales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-mechanical-scales-vs-digital-scales/667907)
**Author:** [@katieokiedokie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katieokiedokie)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-mechanical-scales-vs-digital-scales/667907 "2013-09-06T07:31:22Z")
Hello. I have a question. I weigh myself on my digital bathroom scale, and a scale at my local YMCA, this scale is a medical Mechanical scale (with the sliding bar’s and ruler to measure yourself looks like this http://w… --- ## [Resolved: I have no idea what this means](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-i-have-no-idea-what-this-means/545467)
**Author:** [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2010, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-i-have-no-idea-what-this-means/545467 "2010-07-07T07:59:26Z")
I’ve seen quite a few threads that begin with “Resolved:”, but I don’t know what it is, exactly, that has been resolved. If the issue has been resolved, then why raise the topic in Great Debates? That’s like saying alm… --- ## [What % alcohol needed to prevent freezing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-alcohol-needed-to-prevent-freezing/174446)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-alcohol-needed-to-prevent-freezing/174446 "2003-05-13T04:40:40Z")
A 5% alcohol can of beer placed in the freezer will freeze hard as a rock. A glass of straight 90 proof whiskey will not. Right now I have a small (187ml) bottle of wine in the freezer. It’s been in there for quite a w… --- ## [I pit Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-sampiro/501546)
**Author:** [@Notassmartasithought](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Notassmartasithought)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-sampiro/501546 "2009-07-04T05:05:00Z")
and all the posters who used his thread on “Nigaz” to perpetuate all the old stereotypical sayings, and some new ones, I’m sure. I’m confidant that the notion was to make fun of them, but I couldn’t even finish reading t… --- ## [Things you assumed would happen in life, based on sitcoms/movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-assumed-would-happen-in-life-based-on-sitcoms-movies/735137)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-assumed-would-happen-in-life-based-on-sitcoms-movies/735137 "2015-11-01T02:51:45Z")
There are a ton of things I thought would happen for sure based on TV–after all, would TV lie? Watching tons of Bewitched reruns as a kid, I totally assumed that when I got older, it would be normal to have the boss over… --- ## [I see no one worth voting for...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-no-one-worth-voting-for/752424)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-see-no-one-worth-voting-for/752424 "2016-05-03T13:17:52Z")
What is a fiscally conservative, socially liberal, hetero, gun owning, Athiest with anarchi-liberterian tendencies to do?.. I’m for small government, the smaller the better, microscopically small if possible I hate gov… --- ## [Emerald City - New show on NBC (some boxed spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emerald-city-new-show-on-nbc-some-boxed-spoilers/776707)
**Author:** [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emerald-city-new-show-on-nbc-some-boxed-spoilers/776707 "2017-03-08T03:28:43Z")
It’s way past my bedtime, so apologies for any errors or incoherence, but I was shocked to note that there was no previous thread (please correct me if I’m wrong). What a fantastic show! How the hell is this on a regula… --- ## [Captain Kangaroo video: "Changing of the Guard"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kangaroo-video-changing-of-the-guard/540088 "2021-04-25T18:20:43Z")
Every now and then Captain Kangaroo had some cool videos on his show. Actually, he could have some weird ones, also, but, I can’t remember them right now. So, I am remembering one them; some of the words were "Here’s A… --- ## [Shouldn't Trump Be Arrested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-trump-be-arrested/767918)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-trump-be-arrested/767918 "2019-06-25T20:15:24Z")
IANAL, but with news breaking about Jill Harth, and with Trump on tape gleefully admitting to at the very least sexual harassment, shouldn’t he be arrested for sexual misconduct if not sexual assault? What’s the law here… --- ## [Pink locker rooms and a knee jerk feminist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-locker-rooms-and-a-knee-jerk-feminist/322982)
**Author:** [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-locker-rooms-and-a-knee-jerk-feminist/322982 "2005-11-14T13:50:01Z")
So… As part of the renovation of Kinnick Stadium at the University of Iowa, both sets of locker rooms were restored. When Hayden Fry became head football coach at Iowa in the late 70s, one of the first things he did was… --- ## [Is dropping change on the ground at drive-thrus an urban myth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dropping-change-on-the-ground-at-drive-thrus-an-urban-myth/708682)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dropping-change-on-the-ground-at-drive-thrus-an-urban-myth/708682 "2015-01-07T20:14:11Z")
I keep hearing about people just dropping change on the ground at drive-thrus. Is this real or an urban myth? Who collects and keeps the money? Staff or is it claimed by the store? It could add up quick if a 100 cars a … --- ## [Empire Strikes Back, why did everyone assume Obiwan lied?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empire-strikes-back-why-did-everyone-assume-obiwan-lied/679279)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/empire-strikes-back-why-did-everyone-assume-obiwan-lied/679279 "2014-01-26T21:06:05Z")
Watching the movie with someone who knew the reveal, but had not seen ANH or ESB before they had a different take on it. They assumed Anakin and Darth were two different characters, Obiwan told Luke the truth as he knew … --- ## [Proposed rule: No textspeak; capitals are mandatory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-rule-no-textspeak-capitals-are-mandatory/617293)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-rule-no-textspeak-capitals-are-mandatory/617293 "2012-04-02T18:43:41Z")
I propose that the mods are able to request that a poster refrain from using textspeak and that they follow basic, general capitalization rules. This would apply to posters in which the ‘style’ is endemic to their posts.… --- ## [Why are Europeans(English for eg) taller than East Asians on average today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-europeans-english-for-eg-taller-than-east-asians-on-average-today/560196)
**Author:** [@annetyy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annetyy3)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-europeans-english-for-eg-taller-than-east-asians-on-average-today/560196 "2010-11-11T22:54:48Z")
According to these sources, the average height of a Chinese male in 3000 BC was 168.59cm, female 159.23cm. The average English male in 1066 AD was 171cm and the females were 156cm. It looks like the ancient English male… --- ## [I pit my "concerned" parents!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-concerned-parents/410014)
**Author:** [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-concerned-parents/410014 "2007-07-11T08:15:45Z")
Hey parents: make up your fucking minds!! I open this thread so we can all bitch about those great humans who raised us. Of course they mean well, and in the process create so much stress as to drive us up the fucking … --- ## [I pit the GOP for considering the inarticulate Kevin McCarthy for Speaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354)
**Author:** [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gop-for-considering-the-inarticulate-kevin-mccarthy-for-speaker/733354 "2015-10-10T18:03:24Z")
This guy simply must not be third in line for the presidency. He’s as incoherent as Sarah Palin. They could be named King and Queen of incoherence. Hungria is a country? Who knew? “All the while keeping the place of… --- ## [What UK goodies are rare in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uk-goodies-are-rare-in-the-us/584889)
**Author:** [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-uk-goodies-are-rare-in-the-us/584889 "2011-06-16T02:58:09Z")
When I travel to Green Bay in a couple of weeks for work, I thought it would be nice to arrive bearing gifts, namely British biscuits or chocolates. I figure it would be better to take something not readily available in … --- ## [How fascist are you? Take the fascism quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fascist-are-you-take-the-fascism-quiz/691271 "2014-06-30T04:28:49Z")
Fascism quiz here. I am a “liberal airhead” (2.1, thankfully), and only barely escaped being a “whining rotter”. But what about you? Unlike most of there quizzes, there is an actual explanation of the questions at the… --- ## [What substantive difference would it make if Obama had been born in Kenya?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-substantive-difference-would-it-make-if-obama-had-been-born-in-kenya/731176)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-substantive-difference-would-it-make-if-obama-had-been-born-in-kenya/731176 "2015-09-18T03:17:52Z")
Suppose, hypothetically, that Obama had been borne in Kenya, and somehow some papers were doctored. He breathed his first breaths of air in Kenya for maybe a week or even a few months, then spent the rest of his life in… --- ## [Why is pet euthanasia okay but people euthanasia not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-pet-euthanasia-okay-but-people-euthanasia-not/567958)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-pet-euthanasia-okay-but-people-euthanasia-not/567958 "2011-01-18T19:41:30Z")
Thread over in IMHO started by a poster who had to put her dog down, and after a few years is getting another. Posted by way of example only. So, most people would say that euthanasia is wrong, and that you shouldn’t ki… --- ## [Straight Dope 6/6/2023 - What did Johnny Appleseed actually do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-6-6-2023-what-did-johnny-appleseed-actually-do/985098)
**Author:** [@Cecil\_Adams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cecil_Adams)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-6-6-2023-what-did-johnny-appleseed-actually-do/985098 "2023-07-13T00:35:29Z")
What did Johnny Appleseed actually do? I know what you’re thinking. In an age of global upheaval, existential threats, and outrageously overpriced Taylor Swift tickets, why is your columnist writing about a guy who’s be… --- ## [Assassin's Creed 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assassins-creed-2/516164)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assassins-creed-2/516164 "2010-02-12T23:27:40Z")
I was more than a little disappointed that the sequel doesn’t continue the story of Altaïr Ibn La-Ahad, badass of the Third Crusade, but Renaissance Italy is not a bad setting at all. Ezio Auditore da Firenze seems like… --- ## [DrDeth read some fantasy books. He's very proud of it. It's probably his biggest accomplishment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-read-some-fantasy-books-hes-very-proud-of-it-its-probably-his-biggest-accomplishment/719223)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-read-some-fantasy-books-hes-very-proud-of-it-its-probably-his-biggest-accomplishment/719223 "2015-05-15T03:07:59Z")
This thread is sort of a belated counter-thread to\*\* this backfired pit gem.\*\* From that OP: My purpose in this thread isn’t to argue the GoT spoiler rules. Those have been hashed out extensively over the years. Any r… --- ## [Resolved: A Statute of Limitations on Historical Grievance is a Good Idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-a-statute-of-limitations-on-historical-grievance-is-a-good-idea/502127)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-a-statute-of-limitations-on-historical-grievance-is-a-good-idea/502127 "2009-07-08T16:11:15Z")
I was reading this pit thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=523486&page=2 and by coincidence I had just read this article: http://www.nationalinterest.org/Article.aspx?id=21676 Which argues tha… --- ## [I just saw 47 Ronin and it was, possibly, the worst movie ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-47-ronin-and-it-was-possibly-the-worst-movie-ever/677399)
**Author:** [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-47-ronin-and-it-was-possibly-the-worst-movie-ever/677399 "2014-03-23T18:23:12Z")
I kid you not, I have no idea how they screwed this movie up so badly. The source material is fantastic, an epic story of betrayal and loss, humiliation and redemption, honor, integrity and self sacrifice. The Wiki vers… --- ## [Florida agents raid home of fired public health agent who refused to manipulate COVID data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-agents-raid-home-of-fired-public-health-agent-who-refused-to-manipulate-covid-data/927523)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-agents-raid-home-of-fired-public-health-agent-who-refused-to-manipulate-covid-data/927523 "2021-06-01T04:51:23Z")
Rebekah Jones was fired for refusing to manipulate COVID data, so she built a database out of her home. A search warrant was issued, and her house was raided at gunpoint and her equipment seized, like she was distributi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=632&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=634&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)