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**Author:** [@kwc27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwc27)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-hair-on-a-24-year-old/607265 "2011-12-28T17:03:23Z")
I’m 24 and I still can’t grow a real beard. I shave every other day if that. My mustache comes in the most but the rest of it is patchy. It grows all the way down my neck and such but it’s just patchy. Why? My brother … --- ## [How much helium to lift 6 year old boy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-helium-to-lift-6-year-old-boy/513947)
**Author:** [@Shadowfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfyre)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-helium-to-lift-6-year-old-boy/513947 "2009-10-19T18:09:06Z")
Don’t know how many of you have been following this story, but basically a 20ft diameter by 6ft high balloon allegedly picked up a 6 year old boy and floated him around Colorado. When the balloon landed, they couldn’t fi… --- ## [Popular culture stagnation since mid-1990s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-culture-stagnation-since-mid-1990s/949625)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-culture-stagnation-since-mid-1990s/949625 "2021-09-25T20:26:38Z")
So after reading a bunch of threads over the past few years about music, TV, etc… it seems to me that there’s some kind of cultural stagnation going on that wasn’t the case in the 20th century. Cultural trends used to … --- ## [How Long to Restart Civilization?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-to-restart-civilization/58777)
**Author:** [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2001, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-to-restart-civilization/58777 "2001-05-19T11:35:29Z")
I’m not sure if this belongs in General Questions or IMHO. I’ll try IMHO and have faith in the mods it’ll be moved if necessary. Let’s say a population of several thousand humans was thrown back in time ten million year… --- ## [The Piano Wire and Super Glue Suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piano-wire-and-super-glue-suicide/691467)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piano-wire-and-super-glue-suicide/691467 "2014-06-25T19:03:19Z")
I read on a few places an “idea” for a shocking/funny/bizarre suicide method. Tie a piano wire to your neck, superglue both hands to your head, have someone to secure the other end of the piano wire to a bridge and jump … --- ## [I have goblins in my pants, please Straight Dope, tell me a factual answer to getting rid of them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-goblins-in-my-pants-please-straight-dope-tell-me-a-factual-answer-to-getting-rid-of-them/564951)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-goblins-in-my-pants-please-straight-dope-tell-me-a-factual-answer-to-getting-rid-of-them/564951 "2010-12-25T20:12:32Z")
Seriously. I must have goblins and instead of you proving factually that I’m incorrect in my assumptions, you need to go along with my delusions in a website that’s blah blah blah ignorance. Link \[QUOTE=TomNDebb\] Giv… --- ## [The Quotable Mr. Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quotable-mr-burns/425567)
**Author:** [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2007, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quotable-mr-burns/425567 "2007-11-16T05:25:15Z")
Possibly my favorite Simpsons character. Some of the most quotable lines come from him, IMO. Here are a couple of my favorites From Homer the Smithers “Hear that? The percolations are imminent. No need to come in. Uh… … --- ## [Clenching during sex = RRRRIP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-during-sex-rrrrip/627872)
**Author:** [@souper234](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/souper234)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clenching-during-sex-rrrrip/627872 "2013-07-03T18:35:54Z")
Bear with me here, this is a strange one. Is it possible for someone to clench their vagina or anus during intercourse with sufficient force to either seriously injure or crush their partner’s penis? Has there been any … --- ## [Mushroom Food Poisoning Worse than Other Types?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-food-poisoning-worse-than-other-types/166769)
**Author:** [@Joyfulgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joyfulgirl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-food-poisoning-worse-than-other-types/166769 "2003-04-06T23:06:13Z")
Ok, I tried searching but found nothing, both on Google and the Dope. First of all, this is not a question about poisonous types of mushrooms. We’re talking about your ordinary garden-variety grocery store mushrooms. M… --- ## [The story of the Jews escaping slavery in Egypt and wandering the desert is fiction, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-story-of-the-jews-escaping-slavery-in-egypt-and-wandering-the-desert-is-fiction-right/1026800)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 452\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-story-of-the-jews-escaping-slavery-in-egypt-and-wandering-the-desert-is-fiction-right/1026800 "2026-08-06T12:08:30Z")
I have a Jewish heritage on my mother’s side, but she didn’t practice the religion, and neither do I. I have, however, sat in on a few Seders in my lifetime (the last in college, more than 25 years ago). As a result, I… --- ## [To All the Irritating People in My Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-the-irritating-people-in-my-life/358919)
**Author:** [@echidna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echidna)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-the-irritating-people-in-my-life/358919 "2006-06-03T01:34:34Z")
I work at a tremendously busy urban public library service desk. While the majority of the people I serve are professional and polite, a few people need to learn some manners. Here is the current lineup of Library Losers… --- ## [The Gadhafi conundrum: Trial for his killers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gadhafi-conundrum-trial-for-his-killers/600741)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gadhafi-conundrum-trial-for-his-killers/600741 "2011-10-27T21:18:44Z")
Should the people who killed Gadhafi be put on trial, and if found guilty face the full force of the law? I’m torn by this. I can certainly understand the reaction of those who found him, but I cannot condone it. OTOH… --- ## [Yup assholes, I'm sure God loves when you protest a soldier's funeral in his name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yup-assholes-im-sure-god-loves-when-you-protest-a-soldiers-funeral-in-his-name/315590)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yup-assholes-im-sure-god-loves-when-you-protest-a-soldiers-funeral-in-his-name/315590 "2005-12-09T01:13:56Z")
Slight warning- I am pretty fucking angry right now, therefore this all may not be too clear. Also, I know the soldier’s wife, so I am particularly pissed (as we all are when things happen to those around us). Sorry ahea… --- ## [Pit Threads Guaranteed To Backfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-threads-guaranteed-to-backfire/416838)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-threads-guaranteed-to-backfire/416838 "2007-09-01T09:23:05Z")
\*\*If These Collection Agencies Don’t Quit Fucking Calling Me, I’ll NEVER Pay! I Pit Women Who Dress Like Sluts But Won’t Put Out Hey Asshole Mods! Stop Closing All My Threads!\*\* --- ## [southerners/country folk: how do you swear? (lots of swearing, NSFW)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southerners-country-folk-how-do-you-swear-lots-of-swearing-nsfw/422862)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southerners-country-folk-how-do-you-swear-lots-of-swearing-nsfw/422862 "2007-10-17T22:37:59Z")
Okay, so I just wanted to do a little poll for some fiction I’m writing. I really only know how \*I \*swear, but I was born and raised in Southern Michigan, so I imagine there has to be some change-up in the pattern depen… --- ## [Male nursing student on a GYNO floor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-nursing-student-on-a-gyno-floor/647863)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-nursing-student-on-a-gyno-floor/647863 "2013-06-25T02:39:39Z")
So, I’m in my second semester of nursing school and have been assigned to a gynecological unit for about a 8 week clinical rotation (2 days a week). I’ll admit that this is not my preference. I got into nursing school … --- ## [Actors playing the same character in different TV shows/movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-playing-the-same-character-in-different-tv-shows-movies/520401)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-playing-the-same-character-in-different-tv-shows-movies/520401 "2019-01-04T02:10:22Z")
I’m not really thinking of someone like Kelsey Grammer playing Frasier Crane over and over again. More like, the actor Obba Babatundé who played Berry Gordy in The Temptations movie and also in Fresh Prince of Bel Air. W… --- ## [Tell me about the Harmony 900 remote vs. the One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-harmony-900-remote-vs-the-one/521290)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-harmony-900-remote-vs-the-one/521290 "2013-01-06T20:19:28Z")
I’m ready to splurge on a good universal remote. Heard great things about Logitech’s Harmony One, and when I started researching I found they’ve put out an updated model, the 900. The 900 looks pretty much identical to … --- ## [A/C Dripping Water--What to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-dripping-water-what-to-do/629006)
**Author:** [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-dripping-water-what-to-do/629006 "2012-07-24T20:51:19Z")
Water appears to be dripping from coil area. Condensation drain is running free and clear, but water is dripping from air handler onto the filter–lots of water, like a gallon a day. Any recommendations before I call th… --- ## [Judge sanctions bank on foreclosure proceeding, cancels mortgage.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-sanctions-bank-on-foreclosure-proceeding-cancels-mortgage/519134)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-sanctions-bank-on-foreclosure-proceeding-cancels-mortgage/519134 "2009-12-06T23:23:12Z")
Judge Blasts Bank’s Foreclosure Conduct and Cancels Mortgage Is this a precedent that will force banks to negotiate settlements with delinquent homeowners, or will it cause the further weakening of the banking system? … --- ## [Pro-lifers: Help me understand the exceptions for rape and incest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-lifers-help-me-understand-the-exceptions-for-rape-and-incest/587493)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-lifers-help-me-understand-the-exceptions-for-rape-and-incest/587493 "2011-07-09T16:34:47Z")
The title says it, but let me flesh it out a bit here. Do you think it’s just a necessary compromise in order to make anti-abortion laws more appealing to those who haven’t thought it their position through, or do you t… --- ## [Ask the 911 Calltaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-911-calltaker/465118)
**Author:** [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-911-calltaker/465118 "2008-12-13T02:16:59Z")
And Police and Fire Dispatcher if you would like. This is from this thread… there seemed to be interest. So here it is. I can’t answer for all of the country, but can give you details of how it works in my area.. and … --- ## [Archaeopteryx may not be a bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeopteryx-may-not-be-a-bird/590511)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaeopteryx-may-not-be-a-bird/590511 "2011-08-10T01:05:21Z")
Clades are always fuzzy things around the edges, but new papers are saying archaeopteryx belongs on the theropod (dinosaur) side of the fuzzy line. Here’s a report on the new paper from Nature. Short version - new disc… --- ## [RO: Antivaxxers harass family after baby dies of whooping cough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-antivaxxers-harass-family-after-baby-dies-of-whooping-cough/659548)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-antivaxxers-harass-family-after-baby-dies-of-whooping-cough/659548 "2015-04-23T21:53:28Z")
Toni and David McCaffery lost their four-week-old daughter, Dana, to whooping cough in 2009. She contracted the disease and died before she was old enough to be vaccinated. Then the harassment began. On the day before… --- ## [Kesha sues top producer Dr. Luke - 10 years of abuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kesha-sues-top-producer-dr-luke-10-years-of-abuse/701410)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kesha-sues-top-producer-dr-luke-10-years-of-abuse/701410 "2016-10-24T21:49:03Z")
I assume Ponch8 will take over and drive this thread :wink: (which is fine by me). I just saw this - pretty heavy. Dr. Luke is one of the biggest producers of the past decade, working with a ton of top pop stars. … --- ## [How does the sex aspect make HPV vaccination controversial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-sex-aspect-make-hpv-vaccination-controversial/596769)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2011, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-sex-aspect-make-hpv-vaccination-controversial/596769 "2011-09-22T11:11:07Z")
Apparently part of the controversy here is that the human papilloma virus is an STD. Why does that make it controversial? I mean, if there were such thing as a safe and effective preventative vaccine for HIV or syphili… --- ## [I am English bring it on !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822)
**Author:** [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822 "2013-07-12T02:18:28Z")
I am English, I know that a hell of a lot of the world hates our Guts. I am very proud of being English. We are guilty of beating all of the known world at everything we did. Not only did we beat you to shit militari… --- ## [Female Warrior garb: highest coefficient of practical and sexy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-warrior-garb-highest-coefficient-of-practical-and-sexy/565154)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-warrior-garb-highest-coefficient-of-practical-and-sexy/565154 "2012-09-23T15:20:59Z")
In general, practical clothing and body armor for when you’re fighting against people who are trying to kill you is not going to have much in common with outfits that make you look hot. For example, on one end of the spe… --- ## [Why do firearm owners "need" high capacity magazines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-firearm-owners-need-high-capacity-magazines/743203)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-firearm-owners-need-high-capacity-magazines/743203 "2016-01-25T21:28:12Z")
(Mods - no factual answer so not GQ, not sure if more IMHO or Great Debates, but it’s kinda like religion so I’m going with GD) Not quite sure how to frame this spin off from this thread. Trying to understand the “need”… --- ## [Survivor: One World May 2 2012 "It's gonna be Chaos"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-one-world-may-2-2012-its-gonna-be-chaos/620704)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-one-world-may-2-2012-its-gonna-be-chaos/620704 "2012-05-11T04:57:53Z")
Good episode. Spoilers past this post. --- ## [Cutting in Line: A cultural thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-in-line-a-cultural-thing/346776)
**Author:** [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-in-line-a-cultural-thing/346776 "2006-03-08T15:22:46Z")
I was reading some articles today about the habits of certain populations to cut in lines, basically the refusal of many people to queue up properly. Here are some of them: The Italian “Elbow Queens” http://www.wiredn… --- ## [Just what laws have been broken here? And the leeway police have with students](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-laws-have-been-broken-here-and-the-leeway-police-have-with-students/486436)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2009, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-laws-have-been-broken-here-and-the-leeway-police-have-with-students/486436 "2009-02-24T07:57:56Z")
This doesn’t seem right to me: Apparently a girl was texting her father in class. When confronted by the teacher, she refused to give her her cellphone and apparently continued to text. The teacher then calls the poli… --- ## [German word "schweinehund". Does it mean pig-like dog or dog-like pig?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-word-schweinehund-does-it-mean-pig-like-dog-or-dog-like-pig/664516)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-word-schweinehund-does-it-mean-pig-like-dog-or-dog-like-pig/664516 "2013-10-08T13:16:18Z")
Wiktionary says it’s literally “pig-dog” AKA bastard but I would imagine it has a more contextual meaning than that in German. Is it a dog like a pig, or pig like a dog? --- ## [Worst thing the Seinfeld characters did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-thing-the-seinfeld-characters-did/519205)
**Author:** [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2009, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-thing-the-seinfeld-characters-did/519205 "2009-11-29T13:46:36Z")
The 4 main Seinfeld characters did a lot of crummy, self-centered, childish (usually funny) things over the course of the show. What was the absolute worst than any of them did? --- ## [Don't eat at Chili's on Monday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-chilis-on-monday/685424)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-eat-at-chilis-on-monday/685424 "2014-04-19T17:33:59Z")
…unless you want 10% of your check to be donated to the National Autism Association, which has declared in a statement to Congress that vaccines cause autism, and supports the activities of notorious antivax groups like … --- ## [Shogun on FX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shogun-on-fx/998188)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shogun-on-fx/998188 "2025-02-14T17:26:15Z")
So FX is coming out today with a huge budget adaptation of “Shogun,” the James Clavell novel, last adapted in 1980. “Shogun” is absolutely my favorite book of all time and it’s not close. I’m not saying it’s the GREATE… --- ## ["Canadian" as pejorative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-as-pejorative/644107)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-as-pejorative/644107 "2012-12-19T02:50:25Z")
I have a work-related email from someone commenting on a priority list who said I am trying to figure out just what he meant. In this context he seems to mean “simple-minded” but I have never heard this before. I’m 55… --- ## [Someone using my Social Security Number? Identity Fraud?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-using-my-social-security-number-identity-fraud/240308)
**Author:** [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-using-my-social-security-number-identity-fraud/240308 "2004-04-17T20:56:13Z")
I put in an application for a new apartment the other day, and the leasing agent lady ran a credit check on me. She informed me that two other names are associated with my SSN, Clemenia Martinez and Clemencia Morales. … --- ## [Suicide jumpers always take off their glasses -- really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-jumpers-always-take-off-their-glasses-really/151411)
**Author:** [@Hokienautic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokienautic)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-jumpers-always-take-off-their-glasses-really/151411 "2015-11-29T08:15:40Z")
I’ve seen an ad for the first season of CSI on TNN, and one of the shows apparently deals with a jumper. The investigator says in the commercial that it wasn’t a suicide because “look – eyeglasses. Jumpers take off their… --- ## ["I was graduated" vs. "I graduated"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-graduated-vs-i-graduated/101813)
**Author:** [@spleen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spleen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-graduated-vs-i-graduated/101813 "2002-04-05T05:21:18Z")
I am studying for the GRE right now, and one of my practice tests asserts that the sentence: “After he graduated school, he entered the army” should actually be written: “After he was graduated from school, he entered… --- ## [Would you give up free will for world peace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-free-will-for-world-peace/990800)
**Author:** [@a\_dudes\_thought\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_dudes_thought_s)\ **Replies:** 454\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-free-will-for-world-peace/990800 "2025-08-09T22:54:03Z")
I have been watching a lot of videos of people asking pastors, preachers and such why there is evil in the world. The answer they usually give is God wants us to have free will. My question is this. Say God revealed hims… --- ## [Mark Levin is Wrong (And This Is a Conservative Speaking)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-levin-is-wrong-and-this-is-a-conservative-speaking/527762)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-levin-is-wrong-and-this-is-a-conservative-speaking/527762 "2010-02-12T14:06:09Z")
http://www.marklevinshow.com/Article.asp?id=1674726&spid=32346 Are you seriously trying to make decent conservatives in safe Senate seats like John McCain lose? Hopefully Hayworth will not run at all or drop out-althou… --- ## [Japan and the Yasukuni war memorial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-and-the-yasukuni-war-memorial/677206)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-and-the-yasukuni-war-memorial/677206 "2014-02-16T00:43:11Z")
The current Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has stirred international outrage by paying a visit to the Yasukuni shrine. Never heard of Yasukuni? You can read here about the shinto shrine in general, and you can re… --- ## [17-year-old Daniel Radcliffe to appear nude on stage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148)
**Author:** [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148 "2007-02-19T21:20:06Z")
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is starring in a revival of the play Equus in London’s West End. His character, Alan Stang, “is involved in a lengthy nude sex scene.” I am of two minds here. On the one hand, I think … --- ## [Snipers and the Coriolis effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snipers-and-the-coriolis-effect/544400)
**Author:** [@elmugre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmugre)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snipers-and-the-coriolis-effect/544400 "2010-07-15T00:21:37Z")
Cecil quotes an author named Telander as asserting “…as a rifle is fired, its barrel heats up, the metal contracts and the bullets are propelled faster.” I believe heating metal causes it to expand. And heating a rifle… --- ## [Is it possible to capsize an aircraft carrier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-capsize-an-aircraft-carrier/764736)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-capsize-an-aircraft-carrier/764736 "2016-11-23T03:26:59Z")
Random question thrown up from my mind’s murky depths while reading a former Navy person’s Facebook page where he commented that he’d spent a lot of time at sea and hurricanes were nothing new to him. So suddenly I wond… --- ## [Snoodle? Does this mean something? (no googling first)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snoodle-does-this-mean-something-no-googling-first/617506)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snoodle-does-this-mean-something-no-googling-first/617506 "2012-04-03T12:50:02Z")
So, snoodling - anyone have an idea about what this is? You’re setting a disagreement between my husband and I. And yes I know there’s an entry in Urban Dictionary - I want to know if anyone knows what this is either bec… --- ## [Indoor cat wants out very, very badly. HELP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indoor-cat-wants-out-very-very-badly-help/213530)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indoor-cat-wants-out-very-very-badly-help/213530 "2003-11-24T14:43:03Z")
He’s fixed, very sweet and socialized, and this is his third winter with me (and another boycat) here in this house. He’s always had some issues with wanting to go out, but lately he’s been driving me insane with consta… --- ## [Carnival "Rotor" Style Ride, Could a person walk on the wall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnival-rotor-style-ride-could-a-person-walk-on-the-wall/592756)
**Author:** [@Hero\_From\_Sector\_7G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hero_From_Sector_7G)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnival-rotor-style-ride-could-a-person-walk-on-the-wall/592756 "2015-10-22T15:20:32Z")
This thread is inspired by the most recent radio episode of This American Life. A “rotor” ride is essentially a spinning centrifuge. The passengers have their backs to the inside wall and the floor drops below. The spi… --- ## [Amazon's return policy - how consumer friendly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-return-policy-how-consumer-friendly/543558)
**Author:** [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-return-policy-how-consumer-friendly/543558 "2015-09-30T03:43:46Z")
I recently purchased an expensive-ish electronic item from Amazon.com. Their return policy says 21 days to return, but I’m unsure if that means “totally unused” or “it can be used” I want to play with the item for a few… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=656&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=658&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)