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**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-shocking-result-in-sport/780816 "2017-03-16T09:29:14Z")
So I’m watching Ger v Bra from WC 2014. From Rio. Germany went on to win 7-1. Surely one if not the most dominating performances in sport. Can anyone think of any similar performances on a world stage? And kudos to the … --- ## [Are a person born in 1973 and one in 1984 of the same generation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-a-person-born-in-1973-and-one-in-1984-of-the-same-generation/676279)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-a-person-born-in-1973-and-one-in-1984-of-the-same-generation/676279 "2014-07-08T14:43:47Z")
Last month a coworker of mine celebrated his 40th birthday, meaning he was born in 1973. I turned 29 earlier this year (I was born in 1984.) I usually think of this coworker as being a fair amount older than I am, but my… --- ## [coughing, shortness of breath after intense exercise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coughing-shortness-of-breath-after-intense-exercise/682466)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coughing-shortness-of-breath-after-intense-exercise/682466 "2014-03-10T02:59:45Z")
Soooooo, I like to do high intensity interval training at the gym about 2x a week. My normal method is to do about 30 seconds of high intensity, followed by 60-90 seconds of regular intensity (after a warmup) and repeat … --- ## [Stabbing at anger management class - I don't think she'll be getting a certificate of completion...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-at-anger-management-class-i-dont-think-shell-be-getting-a-certificate-of-completion/557638)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stabbing-at-anger-management-class-i-dont-think-shell-be-getting-a-certificate-of-completion/557638 "2010-10-27T21:01:54Z")
New Story: Woman stabbed during anger management class. I don’t think she’ll be getting her certificate of completion… --- ## [Should the military have its own brothel arm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-military-have-its-own-brothel-arm/575960)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-military-have-its-own-brothel-arm/575960 "2011-04-03T10:01:07Z")
Modern white slavery, as with women sold into sex-slavery, was largely kick-started or got a large boost with the UN stationing of troops in Bosnia. And perhaps it is not so surprisingly that when a large number of young… --- ## [Why was the rational behind the laptop power adapter design?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-rational-behind-the-laptop-power-adapter-design/686374)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2014, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-rational-behind-the-laptop-power-adapter-design/686374 "2014-04-22T09:27:23Z")
I’ve never understood why the laptop power adapter doesn’t snap in firmly like a headphone jack. It is so frustrating to barely move a laptop and have the cord unplug. 30 minutes later the low battery warning comes up a… --- ## [1 word story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-word-story/120437)
**Author:** [@Billy-Bob\_Fina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy-Bob_Fina)\ **Replies:** 351\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-word-story/120437 "2002-12-12T04:46:47Z")
I don’t know how well this is going to work… but all you have to do is tell a story, using one word at a time. I’ll start… … Once… --- ## [Singers who sound like... other singers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-sound-like-other-singers/611059)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-who-sound-like-other-singers/611059 "2012-02-01T20:17:04Z")
Everyone knows that Ripper Owens sounds just like Rob Halford (at least in certain ranges). My jaw dropped tonight when I heard a Helloween song for the first time, and realized that the band’s second singer Michael Kis… --- ## [Is Japanese porn all about males having their way with unwilling females (a la, rape fantasy)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-japanese-porn-all-about-males-having-their-way-with-unwilling-females-a-la-rape-fantasy/640779)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-japanese-porn-all-about-males-having-their-way-with-unwilling-females-a-la-rape-fantasy/640779 "2012-11-15T01:48:21Z")
First of all, is Cafe Society the right forum for a video porn question??? I hope so. If not, the moderators should feel free to move this. I recently upgraded to a fast internet connection which finally enabled me to w… --- ## [Children's books in 1st person POV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-books-in-1st-person-pov/490920)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-books-in-1st-person-pov/490920 "2009-03-29T13:17:52Z")
I have the impression, which might not be correct, that most books for children in the eight to twelve-year-old range are written in third person. There are plenty of YA/teen novels (for kids at least old enough to be re… --- ## [Why is Sarah Palin complaining so hard about Joe McGinniss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sarah-palin-complaining-so-hard-about-joe-mcginniss/541508)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sarah-palin-complaining-so-hard-about-joe-mcginniss/541508 "2010-06-05T05:07:21Z")
Well I never knew you could not buy or rent a house near Sarah Palin. I never knew that it was illegal to research Sarah Palin - one of the most interesting political figures to hit the Continental USA in a very long whi… --- ## [What is the hardest thing for foreign speakers when learning English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-hardest-thing-for-foreign-speakers-when-learning-english/502247)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-hardest-thing-for-foreign-speakers-when-learning-english/502247 "2009-07-11T00:51:32Z")
I notice they have youtube videos with tutors telling non-native speakers how to accent certain words in sentences, called “entonation”. Apparently English has a certain music to it, that foreigners must learn. Never tho… --- ## [can Circuit breaker go bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-circuit-breaker-go-bad/505862)
**Author:** [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-circuit-breaker-go-bad/505862 "2009-08-11T00:39:38Z")
can Circuit breaker go bad? i have a 100 watt circuit breaker for the main breaker to my house. for the last seven years since i have moved in, it has never tripped. we finally turned on the AC the beginning of August an… --- ## [Most. Depressing. Pop or rock song. Ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-pop-or-rock-song-ever/329296)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-pop-or-rock-song-ever/329296 "2005-11-18T11:16:32Z")
For a long time, I would’ve said it was Kansas’s “Dust in the Wind,” which goes on and on in excrutiating detail about just how brief and pointless life is. Then I heard that golden oldie, Carly Simon’s “That’s the Way … --- ## [What's the biggest thing humanity should be worrying about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-thing-humanity-should-be-worrying-about/684352)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-thing-humanity-should-be-worrying-about/684352 "2014-04-14T03:31:46Z")
…as in, What should we, collectively as a species, be most concerned about in regards to our survival? I ask because there are so many causes vying for my attention, I’m never sure what it is I should be most terrified o… --- ## [experiences with No-Doz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-no-doz/77044)
**Author:** [@berdollos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berdollos)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-no-doz/77044 "2001-08-22T23:28:10Z")
any positive, negative or other experiences with No-doz. I bought some at a turnpike stop and found one pill (220 mg caffein) helped me finish the trip without falling asleep. Now, I want to by some to help me concentr… --- ## [Odd policies your school system had](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-policies-your-school-system-had/522637)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-policies-your-school-system-had/522637 "2010-03-07T00:41:48Z")
Odd doesn’t have to be insane, just rare at the time. For reference these things took place between 1987 and 2000. I’m sure a lot of the safety things on my list happen today, but were uncommon in the 80s. Feel free t… --- ## [Women: obese vs short men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-obese-vs-short-men/520984)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-obese-vs-short-men/520984 "2009-12-16T13:26:59Z")
Say this is the 6 foot tall obese man: Danny DeVito - an example of a 5 foot tall man (ignore his face and build) http://www.bergproperties.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/danny… --- ## ["Automatic updates," I hate you!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-updates-i-hate-you/520325)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-updates-i-hate-you/520325 "2009-12-16T19:25:32Z")
More techno-savvy Dopers than I can probably explain what these things are, and who they come from ,and how much attention I need to pay them, but it’s sufficient for now that I am FUCKING PLAGUED with these irritating … --- ## [Shy guys! Tell me how you met your SO's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shy-guys-tell-me-how-you-met-your-sos/205247)
**Author:** [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shy-guys-tell-me-how-you-met-your-sos/205247 "2003-10-14T13:37:47Z")
Alright, I’m gonna make this brief. I’m cripplingly shy when it comes to the thought of approaching a girl. Now, I’m pretty sure that not ever shy guy in the world is single and doomed to be alone for life. I’m assuming… --- ## [Anti-Semitism and Mel Gibson's New Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-semitism-and-mel-gibsons-new-movie/226915)
**Author:** [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-semitism-and-mel-gibsons-new-movie/226915 "2004-02-14T14:51:26Z")
The movie has not been released, thus I have not seen it. But the controversy is worth discussion. Many Jewish groups are crying “anti-semitism,” as it depicts the Jews as being Jesus’s Killer. Well, some Jews are to bl… --- ## [Hey alcoholics/piss heads/drink adventurers etc. what's the worst drink you've ever had?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-alcoholics-piss-heads-drink-adventurers-etc-whats-the-worst-drink-youve-ever-had/637054 "2012-10-11T16:04:51Z")
I can say mine was in my teenage days when I had no money so I begged beverages off my equally bereft peers. I made a rocket-fuel mix of beer, wine, vodka, schnapps mix that worked ok until I added Baileys, since the con… --- ## [Do Best Buy employees earn commissions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-best-buy-employees-earn-commissions/141578)
**Author:** [@jeel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeel)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2002, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-best-buy-employees-earn-commissions/141578 "2002-12-11T01:03:08Z")
Okay, so Best Buy employees always claim to me that they do not work on commission. However, they sure do become pushy the moment they mention the “Best Buy Replacement Coverage” for $49.99 or whatever price it is after… --- ## [Traffic control in ancient Imperial Rome - How was it handled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-control-in-ancient-imperial-rome-how-was-it-handled/515111)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-control-in-ancient-imperial-rome-how-was-it-handled/515111 "2009-11-04T12:35:54Z")
Imperial Rome had over 1 million people at it’s height was was very densely populated. How did they handle things like traffic control, restaurants, and the other elements of urban living people today take for granted? … --- ## [How will healthcare change when, not if, we switch to a European style single payer system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-healthcare-change-when-not-if-we-switch-to-a-european-style-single-payer-system/828196)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-healthcare-change-when-not-if-we-switch-to-a-european-style-single-payer-system/828196 "2019-02-19T15:27:12Z")
I really believe we are moving in the direction of a single payer system and away from private health insurance. I’m thinking within 10 years. When it does, how will things change? Lots of possible discussion points bu… --- ## [Chipmunks return home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunks-return-home/248401)
**Author:** [@VertexShader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VertexShader)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunks-return-home/248401 "2004-06-04T05:42:02Z")
My dad catches chipmunks in a little trap so he can release them elsewhere, keeping them away from his yard. He claims that the chipmunks can find their way back if you drop them off a mile away. He drives about 2-3 mi… --- ## [How much healthier is a hand-rolled cigarette than one from a pack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-healthier-is-a-hand-rolled-cigarette-than-one-from-a-pack/427886)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-healthier-is-a-hand-rolled-cigarette-than-one-from-a-pack/427886 "2007-11-29T20:51:07Z")
I would call myself an occasional smoker. Every now and then - maybe once a week, maybe three times a week, maybe once a month, maybe not at all for a month - I will smoke a cigarette. Hand-rolled, with Zig-Zag papers, u… --- ## [My Odd Fetish: Explain, critique, psychoanalyze](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-odd-fetish-explain-critique-psychoanalyze/636740)
**Author:** [@marquezzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marquezzy)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-odd-fetish-explain-critique-psychoanalyze/636740 "2012-10-11T15:49:34Z")
I am reviving an old thread from several years ago in the vain of explaining sexual “kinks”. I have always been turned on by “knockout” scenes in mainstream television and movies when they involve attractive female char… --- ## [Canada the insignificant fart in a windstorm!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853 "2006-07-24T03:12:11Z")
“Canada ?-- I don’t even know what street it’s on.” — Gangster Al Capone in the 1930s On this July 1, 2006 I want to take this opportunity to say that Canada is one of the most pathetic and insignificant pieces of shit… --- ## [Stupid religious Facebook friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-facebook-friends/521558)
**Author:** [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-religious-facebook-friends/521558 "2009-12-18T22:15:20Z")
Attention religious Facebook friend: please stop posting on your wall that your pastor needs prayers because he was just diagnosed with a brain tumor. By your Christian logic, God \*wanted \*him to have that tumor (and he … --- ## [Converting ungrounded electrical outlets to grounded?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-ungrounded-electrical-outlets-to-grounded/235924)
**Author:** [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-ungrounded-electrical-outlets-to-grounded/235924 "2004-03-25T06:51:02Z")
I’m moving in about a week, and the new place isn’t very new at all. Most of the electrical outlets throughout the place are ungrounded. With all of the computer equipment and other assorted electronic gizmos I have, thi… --- ## [Eating capybaras on Fridays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-capybaras-on-fridays/389626)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-capybaras-on-fridays/389626 "2007-01-31T00:28:17Z")
According to a television program on the Discover channel “The Real Lost World”, the Catholic Church has declared this rodent to be a fish, so that it can be eaten on Fridays. Does anyone know whether this is true? Wikip… --- ## [Bizarro World Ice Cream Truck…A Herald of Spring MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarro-world-ice-cream-truck-a-herald-of-spring-mmp/490416)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarro-world-ice-cream-truck-a-herald-of-spring-mmp/490416 "2009-03-30T02:18:22Z")
Yeah, yeah I know. We’ve had a Spring MMP already. Yeah, Yeah I know. Some of you are still dealin’ with snow and stuff. Yeah, Yeah I know. It’s the start of Fall in opposite world. However, in South Jawja it’s Spring … --- ## [Ask the old Fart who is finally just learning to play hockey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-old-fart-who-is-finally-just-learning-to-play-hockey/519881)
**Author:** [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-old-fart-who-is-finally-just-learning-to-play-hockey/519881 "2014-02-26T15:00:57Z")
To take my mind off recent sadder things I have decided to share my 17 week adventure that is about to start Monday. Here’s the background: I’m getting close to 40 (sigh) and as a man of that age it’s time for my midli… --- ## [Longest Lasting Fiat Money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-fiat-money/581018)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lasting-fiat-money/581018 "2011-05-07T17:23:45Z")
In the United States, fiat money turns 40 years old this year. (Thanks Dick!) How old was the oldest fiat money before it finally became worthless paper? Which country? --- ## [Dopers who long to kill, or fantasize about killing, certain groups of strangers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-long-to-kill-or-fantasize-about-killing-certain-groups-of-strangers/829966)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-long-to-kill-or-fantasize-about-killing-certain-groups-of-strangers/829966 "2019-11-17T16:18:45Z")
I’m not sure if any Dopers have out-and-out stated that they want to kill strangers due to political ideology or some other categorization, but at least a few have, IMO, given strong indications that they secretly long t… --- ## [what were the long term effects of the Crusades?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-long-term-effects-of-the-crusades/711789)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-long-term-effects-of-the-crusades/711789 "2015-02-08T09:52:55Z")
It’s clear to me that the Crusades affected history in many ways. Many of them are listed here. But what isn’t clear to me is whether these same developments would have likely happened had there been no decision to lau… --- ## [Opportunity Hoarding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opportunity-hoarding/777862)
**Author:** [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opportunity-hoarding/777862 "2017-01-28T15:35:19Z")
I was listening to NPR this afternoon, and they were talking about a new concept to me: opportunity hoarding. One of the women on the program gave an example. She said that 90% of white students at \[a particular high sc… --- ## ["Actual" in military speak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-in-military-speak/391751)
**Author:** [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-in-military-speak/391751 "2007-02-12T04:31:42Z")
This from Platoon, “Redleg, Redleg … Ripper Bravo Two Actual. Fire mission. Grid six-four-niner … four-zero-two. Direction six-one-zero-zero. Dinks dug in bunkers. Danger close. Adjust fire, over …” I hear the ter… --- ## [Ted Cruz Endorses A Senate of White Supremacists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-endorses-a-senate-of-white-supremacists/668752)
**Author:** [@SeaCanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaCanary)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2013, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-endorses-a-senate-of-white-supremacists/668752 "2013-09-15T08:08:59Z")
Rachel Maddow opined on her blog that when Ted Cruz said America needs “a hundred more like Jesse Helms in the U.S. Senate,” what he’s endorsing is “a chamber run by white supremacists”. Consider the following from said … --- ## [Cars that wave to each other](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352 "2015-07-30T23:56:13Z")
The second car I ever owned was an MG Midget. There weren’t many on the road, but we all waved to each other. Lately I’ve been driving Jeep Wranglers and there’s a lot of waving going on again. In between I’ve driven … --- ## [Why aren't pro-lifers more extreme?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-pro-lifers-more-extreme/727456)
**Author:** [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-pro-lifers-more-extreme/727456 "2015-08-17T12:28:03Z")
Reading the other anti-abortion threads here and on other message boards, it occurs to me that, given what pro-lifers say they believe, they don’t ever seem to do much. They shout at women in front of clinics and lobby … --- ## [What Causes This Crackling Sound In Cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-this-crackling-sound-in-cars/331123)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-this-crackling-sound-in-cars/331123 "2012-10-24T18:04:26Z")
I’ve noticed that some cars emit a noticable crackling sound from their undercarriage just after they’ve been shut off. The crackling occurs at a rapid pace immediately after the engine is stopped but gradually fades a… --- ## [Likable dictatorship or unlikable democracy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likable-dictatorship-or-unlikable-democracy/710054)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likable-dictatorship-or-unlikable-democracy/710054 "2015-02-21T03:05:04Z")
Would you prefer a \*\*dictatorship \*\*run by a political party that closely matched your views, or a \*\*democracy \*\*in which the political party you oppose won the elections every time? To put it another way, if you’re a l… --- ## [DC Police bring a gun to a snowball fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-police-bring-a-gun-to-a-snowball-fight/521965)
**Author:** [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-police-bring-a-gun-to-a-snowball-fight/521965 "2010-03-09T23:14:38Z")
So in the middle of this historic blizzard in Washington, DC, a bunch of hipsters got together to have a snowball fight in the middle of the city. They’re happily pitching snowballs back and forth at each other for a whi… --- ## [Help me think of a paper topic? RE: substance abuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-a-paper-topic-re-substance-abuse/332544)
**Author:** [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-a-paper-topic-re-substance-abuse/332544 "2005-11-26T22:38:26Z")
I’m taking a class this semester on working with people with substance/alcohol abuse. For the final paper, one of the options is to research a “controversial” topic in the world of alcohol or substances. Problem is, I … --- ## [What becomes of "failed" rock stars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-becomes-of-failed-rock-stars/780162)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-becomes-of-failed-rock-stars/780162 "2017-03-05T13:06:32Z")
Realizing, of course, there is no single answer, I am curious if anybody here personally knows (or knows of) any rock & rollers whose careers didn’t pan out. Did they manage to keep their toe in the door of some tattered… --- ## [2 envelopes problem revisited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-envelopes-problem-revisited/625755)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-envelopes-problem-revisited/625755 "2012-06-26T23:39:03Z")
Link to wikipedia page The short version for those who don’t want to click the link: I have 2 sealed envelopes, one of which has exactly twice as much money as the other. I tell you if you pick one of the envelopes yo… --- ## [A Plea For Tolerance and Understanding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plea-for-tolerance-and-understanding/147694)
**Author:** [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plea-for-tolerance-and-understanding/147694 "2003-05-09T03:20:46Z")
In the past few days, I have seen more than enough hate to last me for a lifetime. And…I saw it HERE, on the SDMB. There have been times when I approached feeling the way I do now, but never have I seen so much vitriol … --- ## [How much should the average 45 yr old woman be able to lift?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-the-average-45-yr-old-woman-be-able-to-lift/507487)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-the-average-45-yr-old-woman-be-able-to-lift/507487 "2009-08-26T19:59:40Z")
Over this weekend I was putting in some fall veggies in a small raised bed. Try as I might, I could not lift a 40 pound bag of garden soil. I could drag it fine but couldn’t even pick it up to get it over the lip of the … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=642&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=644&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)