# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=654&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:** 655 --- ## [Does car insurance cover damage to parked cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-car-insurance-cover-damage-to-parked-cars/197008)
**Author:** [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-car-insurance-cover-damage-to-parked-cars/197008 "2011-02-18T20:42:03Z")
I’m about to shop around for some auto insurance, and realized I don’t even know what is generally covered under same. I understand the difference between your “full coverage”, your “liability”, and what have you, but w… --- ## [Interview Postponed, bad news?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-postponed-bad-news/396750)
**Author:** [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-postponed-bad-news/396750 "2007-03-21T15:16:18Z")
So I have been in the process of interviewing at a big company in town. The pay is high (for the area and type of job) and there were about 20 applicants for the job. I have some experience with jobs of this nature, th… --- ## [Why does satan care about corrupting humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-satan-care-about-corrupting-humans/722387)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-satan-care-about-corrupting-humans/722387 "2015-07-08T18:22:37Z")
Longest teenage rebellion ever? It seems an awful lot of effort to prove a point. Question is asked in the context of Christianity. --- ## [Is there a specific rule about advocating Naziism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-specific-rule-about-advocating-naziism/628217)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-specific-rule-about-advocating-naziism/628217 "2012-08-26T13:47:20Z")
This guy just got banned for it. I looked through the board rules and didn’t see anything about it, and ISTM that it isn’t necessarily being a jerk. --- ## [School Lunch, what do you miss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-lunch-what-do-you-miss/389492)
**Author:** [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-lunch-what-do-you-miss/389492 "2010-12-04T14:05:58Z")
Why? Why? Why? did school cafeteria’s get rid of Salsbury steak and they yummy buttered noodles! tears running down face That was my favorite school lunch! I wish they would bring it back. I couldn’t wait for the day the… --- ## [Enough with the baby.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-baby/467901)
**Author:** [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-baby/467901 "2008-10-23T16:33:19Z")
Dear You, I have six pictures of your “thirteen-month old”, and that’s about four too many. You pass them out at gatherings, send them in the mail, email them to me, send me updates about his website and videos and fran… --- ## [Your Most Memorable Mega-Zit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-mega-zit/397361)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2007, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-mega-zit/397361 "2007-03-31T04:17:22Z")
I recently realized that it’s been several years since I had a mega-zit . . . I had cystic acne from the time I was 11; since turning 40, action in the zit department has finally abated. Perversely, though, I find that … --- ## [How did they come up with state borders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-come-up-with-state-borders/34720)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2002, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-they-come-up-with-state-borders/34720 "2002-04-09T01:38:40Z")
Some are easy. Wisconsin is seperated from Iowa by the Mississippi River. But how did they decide It would end where Illinois begins? Why aren’t any states shaped like a circle or a triangle? Who, how, and why did the de… --- ## [Foie Gras...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foie-gras/587289)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foie-gras/587289 "2011-07-04T07:27:26Z")
Who here has tried it and loved it? Who has tried it and hated it? Who has never tried it but wants to? Who has an ethical problem with its production? Curious minds want to know! --- ## [Educators, how do you deal with lazy students?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educators-how-do-you-deal-with-lazy-students/611165)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educators-how-do-you-deal-with-lazy-students/611165 "2012-02-03T04:21:07Z")
My wife is a professor at a local University, I could go into detail about her issues but it won’t be a shock that she deals with sloth and ineptitude on a daily basis. The powers that be are intransigent and the studen… --- ## [Why do people pose for photographs while giving the middle finger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-pose-for-photographs-while-giving-the-middle-finger/200585)
**Author:** [@exvex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exvex)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-pose-for-photographs-while-giving-the-middle-finger/200585 "2003-09-10T14:25:11Z")
I’ve coming across more and more casual photos lately featuring individuals posing while giving the middle finger. For example someone I know showed me photos she had of friends from her high school and in at least a th… --- ## [Why do anesthesiologists say "count back from..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-anesthesiologists-say-count-back-from/365744)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2006, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-anesthesiologists-say-count-back-from/365744 "2006-07-25T11:08:55Z")
I was watching a DVD last night and this guy was being put under and the anesthesiologist say’s, “now count back from ten.” When I was a teenager I had all my wisdom teeth pulled at once. They put me under. The anesthes… --- ## [PICTURE GALLERY: Girls With Tattoos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picture-gallery-girls-with-tattoos/520054)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picture-gallery-girls-with-tattoos/520054 "2009-12-07T19:48:02Z")
Kind of neat! Take a look! PICTURE GALLERY: Girls With Tattoos --- ## [Trust me! The story's better than it sounds!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-me-the-storys-better-than-it-sounds/546141)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trust-me-the-storys-better-than-it-sounds/546141 "2010-07-26T15:46:53Z")
A thread in which we discuss stories – literary, dramatic, whatever – that do not summarize well. Please note that I don’t mean stories whose summaries sound stupid because the story itself is stupid; rather, stories yo… --- ## [First time dad at 44!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-dad-at-44/587930 "2012-06-22T17:18:32Z")
Gulp! Mrs. LeBeef and myself have been trying for a couple of years now. Well, by trying I mean we “pulled the goalie” first, then started in with the heavy temperature checking, running calendar days and finally trying… --- ## [When Russian Women Get Married](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-russian-women-get-married/610787)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-russian-women-get-married/610787 "2012-01-28T21:10:24Z")
At work today, I ran across a file with a married couple with slightly different Russian names. The wife was Anya \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*ska, and the husband was Andrejz \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*ski. So is this a typo, or does a married Russian woman… --- ## [CEO cuts own pay so workers can make $70,000/year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceo-cuts-own-pay-so-workers-can-make-70-000-year/717749)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceo-cuts-own-pay-so-workers-can-make-70-000-year/717749 "2015-08-04T18:00:25Z")
The CEO of a small credit card payment processing company in Seattle has taken a cut in his $1 million/year salary so that every member of his 120-employee staff can be paid $70,000 a year. I know it’s just one small … --- ## [Your Favorite All-Time TV Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-all-time-tv-shows/533331 "2010-05-09T16:07:32Z")
With the apparent enjoyment of two threads with similar purposes: The greatest actors of your lifetime with 48 Replies and 650 Views and Best Western (movie) with 81 Replies and 734 Views …where the intention is to … --- ## [wasper vs wasp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasper-vs-wasp/570898)
**Author:** [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasper-vs-wasp/570898 "2017-06-25T00:36:22Z")
My boyfriend, who is from a rural area of Tennessee, grew up hearing wasps called “waspers.” Despite having grown up in Tennessee myself, I have never heard of this. What say you, dopers? If you have heard it, I would be… --- ## [Alleged evidence for Bible's veracity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-evidence-for-bibles-veracity/585439)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-evidence-for-bibles-veracity/585439 "2011-06-16T19:39:11Z")
I’m a pretty good googler, but when it comes to claims regarding the Bible, I have a lot of trouble finding out what the main scholarly perspectives are (in archaeology and Biblical criticism). I understood that the evid… --- ## [Be My Dating Coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-dating-coach/588639)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-my-dating-coach/588639 "2011-07-15T18:30:02Z")
The Story: Basically, I’m in a situation where dating is not possible. I don’t think I’ve even talked one-on-one with an unmarried guy in the last month, and that’s not changing until September. I’m REALLY missing having… --- ## [Why Women Rule the Roost](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-women-rule-the-roost/497690)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-women-rule-the-roost/497690 "2009-06-02T03:44:43Z")
There’s an old joke about a guy being interviewed about who has the final word on decisions in his household. He says that he makes the Important Decisions, while his wife makes the Unimportant Decisions. And what are th… --- ## [Movies/shows you can't find anywhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-shows-you-cant-find-anywhere/966420 "2024-01-17T20:48:23Z")
In an age where so much is now available on streaming, on DVD, or on older formats… Which movies or TV shows have you sought out and not been able to find? --- ## [Who's the toughest TV cowboy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-toughest-tv-cowboy/648210)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-toughest-tv-cowboy/648210 "2013-01-25T21:33:30Z")
I limited it to TV because otherwise we’d be here all day. I was inspired by watching “Have Gun Will Travel” on DVD. Could Paladin beat the Lone Ranger? Feel free to throw in your own candidates. --- ## [doorhinge, answer the question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-answer-the-question/729817 "2015-09-08T15:49:47Z")
doorhinge, you said: So you were asked the questions: Do you feel that Fox News does “report the news”? Do you feel that they include all the facts? Do you feel that your description of “a political activist” does not … --- ## [Imagine you are president and Putin nukes Kyiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-you-are-president-and-putin-nukes-kyiv/961809)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-you-are-president-and-putin-nukes-kyiv/961809 "2022-04-29T19:30:14Z")
After you have finished wondering why you ever wanted the job, what do you actually do? I cannot imagine what I would do but some of you might feel you do. I would be sorely tempted to send a missile to Moscow, but tha… --- ## [Quit jogging in the street you neuticle!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-jogging-in-the-street-you-neuticle/319234)
**Author:** [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quit-jogging-in-the-street-you-neuticle/319234 "2005-09-06T13:56:59Z")
What is the fucking problem with jogging on the sidewalk? At 6:30 a.m. in a suburb north of Chicago there are no hazards on these sidewalks, but you still insist on getting your daily exercise in the street. No pedestr… --- ## [Tell me how I, as a female in the corporate world, can gain respect from males in my industry.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-i-as-a-female-in-the-corporate-world-can-gain-respect-from-males-in-my-industry/531370)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-i-as-a-female-in-the-corporate-world-can-gain-respect-from-males-in-my-industry/531370 "2010-03-10T03:44:01Z")
It’s almost like I have two strikes against me in addition to being female: I work in the construction industry, and my education and role is in Environment (everyone hates Environment :wink: ) Oh, and I’m young as well … --- ## [Am I the only one who hates T-shirts made of thick, heavy cotton?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-t-shirts-made-of-thick-heavy-cotton/573459)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-hates-t-shirts-made-of-thick-heavy-cotton/573459 "2012-01-04T03:47:14Z")
People always advertise high-end T-shirts as being made of “ultra-super-heavyweight cotton” or something like that, like it’s some extremely great thing. Personally I can’t stand this type of material for shirts. I like … --- ## [Do you find blueberry flavor very distinctive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-blueberry-flavor-very-distinctive/547047)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-blueberry-flavor-very-distinctive/547047 "2011-03-02T00:10:32Z")
I picked up a quart of fresh blueberries yesterday, and the Mrs. and I already finished them off. Upon reflection however, both of us decided that while blueberries did have a certain recognizable flavor, it was not nea… --- ## [Oh, so you like loaded pizza, huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-so-you-like-loaded-pizza-huh/714761)
**Author:** [@Cephkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cephkiller)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-so-you-like-loaded-pizza-huh/714761 "2015-03-14T03:34:52Z")
When ordering pizza for a large group this is how it always goes… Yeah, several people are going to ask for loaded, quite a few may ask for cheese, maybe even a certain number want vegetarian, but I can guarantee you th… --- ## [Multiple universes, infinite universe, and probablity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-universes-infinite-universe-and-probablity/689219)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-universes-infinite-universe-and-probablity/689219 "2014-06-06T18:41:04Z")
In the multiple universe, infinite universe situation, in terms of probability, does this many that anything that is possible, no matter how improbable, will eventually happen. For example, is there somewhere, an exact c… --- ## [Are viking funerals legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-viking-funerals-legal/693338)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-viking-funerals-legal/693338 "2014-07-22T23:23:56Z")
Viking funerals sure are bad ass: They put the body on a boat and lit it on fire, cremating the body. I am not sure if this always works, and see many ways this could go terribly wrong. But let’s say that Mr. V. King wan… --- ## [Big Bang theory: Does Sheldon have Asperger's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-does-sheldon-have-aspergers/562966)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-does-sheldon-have-aspergers/562966 "2010-12-10T15:15:01Z")
I went through a few posts on here where it was suggested in passing. This is a show I’ve only really recently gotten in to in the past few weeks, but I really enjoy it. However, this has been something that I’m always w… --- ## [Doesn't the 2nd Amendment technically forbid ANY federal gun laws?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-the-2nd-amendment-technically-forbid-any-federal-gun-laws/440402)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-the-2nd-amendment-technically-forbid-any-federal-gun-laws/440402 "2008-03-27T03:20:04Z")
Leaving aside the whole issue of whether gun possession is or is not a personal right, or whether states and local jurisdictions can regulate guns to the point of regulating them out of existence, doesn’t the 2nd Amendme… --- ## [Can you get beef patties at your local pizzeria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-beef-patties-at-your-local-pizzeria/723649)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-beef-patties-at-your-local-pizzeria/723649 "2015-07-02T14:14:14Z")
Here in New York you can walk into any (non-chain) pizzeria and order a Jamaican beef patty. Ask them nice and they’ll open it up and put some mozzarella on it. Then I visited Boston and asked for a beef patty and the gu… --- ## [My nephew killed himelf today \[update: nephew's 2 year old son drowned\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nephew-killed-himelf-today-update-nephews-2-year-old-son-drowned/836327)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nephew-killed-himelf-today-update-nephews-2-year-old-son-drowned/836327 "2020-04-27T00:31:05Z")
Aged 22. Married with two kids. He was riding in a car with his wife, his brother and his brother’s girlfriend, and opened the car door and jumped into oncoming interstate traffic. I’m so sorry, not only for him, but for… --- ## [Lost 5.13 "Some Like It Hoth"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-5-13-some-like-it-hoth/493202)
**Author:** [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-5-13-some-like-it-hoth/493202 "2009-04-21T01:39:54Z")
Thread rules: From the on-line description for tonight’s episode: Some useful Café Society links are given below: Thread index for Season 1 Episodes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 T… --- ## [What do I do with the sea monkeys I have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-sea-monkeys-i-have/645524)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-sea-monkeys-i-have/645524 "2012-12-31T02:05:28Z")
Yes, I know, brine shrimp-I bought them for a couple of my students (for me to show them life cycles and such), but now, a month later, not only are they getting big, they appear to be mating! Saw a couple of them swimm… --- ## [Federal judge rules DOMA unconstitutional!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-judge-rules-doma-unconstitutional/546019)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-judge-rules-doma-unconstitutional/546019 "2010-07-13T20:54:44Z")
This isn’t Perry v. Schwarzenegger; it’s another case on the East Coast. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts had filed suit against the federal government claiming that the “Defence of Marriage” Act was unconstitutional … --- ## [Religous people are literally "immature" (not a flame)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religous-people-are-literally-immature-not-a-flame/144891)
**Author:** [@mrfoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrfoi)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religous-people-are-literally-immature-not-a-flame/144891 "2003-01-02T20:59:42Z")
In the GQ board, Priceguy wrote: quote: Originally posted by mrfoi Although, I could dispute your criteria for my “grow up” remark. Since to believe in mythology is intellectually immature and fairy tale in nature. “Sa… --- ## [Download Only Games? Yay or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-only-games-yay-or-nay/621739)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-only-games-yay-or-nay/621739 "2012-05-31T05:37:48Z")
Today someone brought this game to my attention: Now, being of the Cold War loving ilk it sounds right up my street. However there appears to be a problem, as far as I can see the title is available by download only. … --- ## [Painting, rollers, lint question(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painting-rollers-lint-question-s/532536)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painting-rollers-lint-question-s/532536 "2010-03-17T02:40:42Z")
I painted my dining room this weekend. It was the end of an arduous process of removing wallpaper, washing the walls, replastering crack and holes, resealing window joints, sanding, more plastering and finally, painting… --- ## [Problem with size and age of the Universe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-size-and-age-of-the-universe/635606)
**Author:** [@Arcyarc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcyarc)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-size-and-age-of-the-universe/635606 "2012-10-02T01:10:14Z")
Right, I’ll try to keep this as brief and as simple as I can in the hope that any correct answers can be delivered in the same fashion. I’ve watched a few astronomy documentaries recently, and they all they all more or … --- ## [OK, let's forget about the "Sister Wives." IS polygamy an excellent way to raise a family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-lets-forget-about-the-sister-wives-is-polygamy-an-excellent-way-to-raise-a-family/558142)
**Author:** [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-lets-forget-about-the-sister-wives-is-polygamy-an-excellent-way-to-raise-a-family/558142 "2010-10-27T19:11:38Z")
So \*\*Stoid’\*\*s thread about polygamy being a good setup to raise children. The thread is a tangled web of hijacks,but the actual premise of the OP hasn’t been explored too well. I don’t think Stoid will mind if I quote… --- ## ["Maths"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maths/698796)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maths/698796 "2014-12-15T02:23:10Z")
I haven’t taken a math class since probably 1977 or '78, the last year I was required by my high school to do so. It was Algebra II/Trig, as I recall, and I passed it by the skinniest skin of my teeth. Still, the study … --- ## [Goddamn it, I'm tired of the public traumamongering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-im-tired-of-the-public-traumamongering/655873)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goddamn-it-im-tired-of-the-public-traumamongering/655873 "2013-04-30T22:25:35Z")
Yesterday when the news broke, I was the one telling my co-workers about it, reading the news sites, checking every breaking news bit. I do care. I pray (agnostic as I am) for the wounded and the survivors. I wonder w… --- ## [Hombre banning question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hombre-banning-question/483565 "2009-01-29T22:45:43Z")
OK, I’ll bite. What happened here?Reported for what? --- ## [IS value imaginary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-value-imaginary/837055)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-value-imaginary/837055 "2019-08-26T20:51:29Z")
I read something in a Buddhist magazine called Lion’s Roar about how nothing is “worth it” because value is just some imaginary metric that we use to judge the world around us and that it doesn’t really exist. The respon… --- ## [What is Cecil's religion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-cecils-religion/560956)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-cecils-religion/560956 "2010-12-03T03:18:24Z")
In the recent classic column, Cecil says: However, the slugs don’t scream, for the simple reason that they don’t have any vocal apparatus. No doubt what you hear is your own guilty conscience, which is tormenting you… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=653&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=655&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)