# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=680&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:** 681 --- ## [Born & Raised & Living in the USA: If you DESPISED the USA, How would you destroy it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-raised-living-in-the-usa-if-you-despised-the-usa-how-would-you-destroy-it/607491)
**Author:** [@Goosie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goosie)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-raised-living-in-the-usa-if-you-despised-the-usa-how-would-you-destroy-it/607491 "2012-01-02T00:32:46Z")
Subscribers of the Straight Dope Message Board are probably a diverse group of people. Are there any amongst them who, (though being born and raised in the USA, and living here their entire lives), despise the USA? I’m… --- ## [Do you only know that you exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-only-know-that-you-exist/491955)
**Author:** [@Gabba\_Gabba\_Hey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gabba_Gabba_Hey)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-only-know-that-you-exist/491955 "2009-04-11T20:02:44Z")
Hello. I wrote this to Cecil, but I got an email back suggesting that, since he probably wouldn’t be able to tackle it, that I should post it on the message board. So here it is, in all it’s long, rambling glory. Let me … --- ## [Puns on Song Titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-on-song-titles/674521)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puns-on-song-titles/674521 "2013-11-25T15:17:01Z")
You Picked A Fine Time To Leave Me, Loose Wheel Next? --- ## [Unique versions of relatively ordinary dishes that you have encountered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-versions-of-relatively-ordinary-dishes-that-you-have-encountered/713787)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-versions-of-relatively-ordinary-dishes-that-you-have-encountered/713787 "2015-03-06T13:33:23Z")
Think Sheldon Cooper’s spaghetti with little hot dogs cut up in it - that’s real I-talian! Back in the early 80s, I was stationed at the Pentagon and when I wasn’t motivated enough to pack my lunch, I’d find something a… --- ## [Double space after a period](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-space-after-a-period/510801)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-space-after-a-period/510801 "2009-09-25T18:40:18Z")
I was taught (by my Mom, I think) to double space after ending a period. I wonder where this came from, as it doesn’t seem to be standard. For instance, my iPhone will end a sentence with a period and one space if I do… --- ## [Does anyone believe this photo is genuine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-believe-this-photo-is-genuine/716351)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-believe-this-photo-is-genuine/716351 "2015-04-02T17:42:06Z")
Pretty much everyone has seen this photo https://fluix.io/collaborative-document-management-construction-industry-part-1/ of what is alleged to be construction workers in the 1920s sitting hundreds of feet up in the air … --- ## [John Cougar Mellencamp lyrics question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cougar-mellencamp-lyrics-question/500033)
**Author:** [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cougar-mellencamp-lyrics-question/500033 "2009-06-18T20:31:53Z")
In the song “Pink Houses” does he say “Hey darlin’, I remember when you could stop a clock” or “Hey darlin, I remember when you could stop a block” I maintain that he says “block” because that’s how it sounds to me and … --- ## [Consequences of non-Japanese inability to digest seaweed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consequences-of-non-japanese-inability-to-digest-seaweed/678120)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consequences-of-non-japanese-inability-to-digest-seaweed/678120 "2014-01-09T05:24:55Z")
Apparently non-Japanese can’t digest seaweed - see link below for details: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/04/07/gut-bacteria-in-japanese-people-borrowed-sushi-digesting-genes-from-ocean-bacteria… --- ## [Militarily Speaking: How does South Korea stack against the North?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militarily-speaking-how-does-south-korea-stack-against-the-north/648331)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militarily-speaking-how-does-south-korea-stack-against-the-north/648331 "2013-01-28T22:09:42Z")
All this sabre ratting from North Korea and our discussions about threats to the U.S. have me searching for some feedback and information regarding current day South Korea’s ability to defend itself against the North. S… --- ## [The new Star Trek Series should have a Muslim character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-star-trek-series-should-have-a-muslim-character/747242)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-star-trek-series-should-have-a-muslim-character/747242 "2016-09-05T03:52:16Z")
One of the aspects of the original Star trek show that gets forgotten through familiarity was the risks they took with several of the characters. They had a black character on the bridge (a black woman no less!) at a ti… --- ## [Tell me how to curse in Spanish!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-to-curse-in-spanish/655908)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-to-curse-in-spanish/655908 "2013-04-21T01:28:28Z")
I have a very close friend who’s six and a half feet tall, and has very big lungs. He has a bit of an anger management problem, and he swears a lot. After twenty years of “GODDAMNIT!” and “SON OF A WHORE!”, I’ve decide… --- ## [Just how dependent is Israel upon the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-dependent-is-israel-upon-the-us/567128)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-dependent-is-israel-upon-the-us/567128 "2011-01-14T14:48:08Z")
I often hear or read people saying, in effect, that Israel is totally dependent on US foreign aid. Also, that it is dependent upon “American weapons,” which doesn’t make sense to me since the last I heard Israel manufact… --- ## [Must applicants for US citizenship surrender their foreign passport upon becoming naturalized?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-applicants-for-us-citizenship-surrender-their-foreign-passport-upon-becoming-naturalized/648852)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-applicants-for-us-citizenship-surrender-their-foreign-passport-upon-becoming-naturalized/648852 "2013-02-04T13:17:36Z")
Someone close to me, a person with permanent residency (a green card) is applying for US citizenship. She would like to maintain her home country citizenship (so dual-citizenship). There is conflicting information abou… --- ## ["Animals that are impossibly hard to kill"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-that-are-impossibly-hard-to-kill/534509)
**Author:** [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-that-are-impossibly-hard-to-kill/534509 "2010-04-05T18:36:57Z")
I was reading this article on www.cracked.com (i know, not the best source for legitimate stuff) But check this out. Whats up with the “immortal jellyfish?” --- ## [Hey Bluesman, a question for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bluesman-a-question-for-you/174916)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bluesman-a-question-for-you/174916 "2004-04-18T21:22:20Z")
You know, not too long ago over in this thread you made some pretty strong claims about Iraq and WMD’s: So now it’s been a while, and I’m curious. What happened to these facts you were so sure of, and why hasn’t the … --- ## [You can't do that on television... Even though they once did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-do-that-on-television-even-though-they-once-did/712755)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-do-that-on-television-even-though-they-once-did/712755 "2015-02-22T14:07:09Z")
Surfing the internet I came across a reference to Maude’s Dilemma, the 1972 double-episode where the main character, Maude (played by Bea Arthur) makes the choice to have an abortion. It’s over four decades later and th… --- ## [Gun culture in US - Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-culture-in-us-why/492236)
**Author:** [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-culture-in-us-why/492236 "2009-04-11T21:10:08Z")
This is inspired by the current gun thread in the pit. I wonder why the US, given that Canada and the US have much shared history and problems associated with colonizing a vast ‘uninhabited’ land (notice the uninhabited … --- ## [So who can answer Jerry Pournelle's questions about Global Warming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-can-answer-jerry-pournelles-questions-about-global-warming/556876)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-can-answer-jerry-pournelles-questions-about-global-warming/556876 "2010-10-15T15:08:21Z")
There has been a lively discussion over at www.jerrypournelle.com about Global Warming. It boils down to this, and I have to agree, how can we make conclusions about small differences in climate when the purported chang… --- ## [How often are you "hit" upon by the opposite sex, out of the blue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-you-hit-upon-by-the-opposite-sex-out-of-the-blue/607963)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-you-hit-upon-by-the-opposite-sex-out-of-the-blue/607963 "2012-01-07T01:44:18Z")
Assume that we are talking about a stranger (yes of the opposite sex, so I’m not trying to parse what your actual orientation is and thus whether you would be interested or not), approaching you in a public place, and tr… --- ## [Single straight males: if an attractive woman makes the first move, are you likely to be dismayed...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-straight-males-if-an-attractive-woman-makes-the-first-move-are-you-likely-to-be-dismayed/602434)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-straight-males-if-an-attractive-woman-makes-the-first-move-are-you-likely-to-be-dismayed/602434 "2011-11-13T08:26:11Z")
… or to respect her less? No hypothetical setup here. The question arises because of a conversation at work. Two female cubicle neighbors – one in her mid-forties, the other in her early twenties – were talking; the for… --- ## [Telling children Santa exists...right or wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-children-santa-exists-right-or-wrong/520077)
**Author:** [@Mr.Lahey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Lahey)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-children-santa-exists-right-or-wrong/520077 "2009-12-09T04:49:26Z")
I don’t like the idea of being dishonest to my children. However as a child th idea of Santa was very fun and exciting. It was so much fun waiting for Christmas morni g knowing he was going to leave gifts. --- ## [Yo Mama (Geek Style)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mama-geek-style/352403)
**Author:** [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mama-geek-style/352403 "2006-05-03T19:15:03Z")
Yo Mama’s so fat, she has an event horizon. Yo Mama’s so fat, that when she got the flesh eating bacteria, the bacteria stopped because it got full. Yo Mama’s so fat, that when she walks by atomic clocks they have to b… --- ## [Did FDR Will and Allow Pearl Harbor? Srdja Trifkovic's Take on the Conspiracy Theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-fdr-will-and-allow-pearl-harbor-srdja-trifkovics-take-on-the-conspiracy-theory/479197)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-fdr-will-and-allow-pearl-harbor-srdja-trifkovics-take-on-the-conspiracy-theory/479197 "2009-01-23T22:52:13Z")
In this article (forwarded to me by a paleoconservative friend), Srdja Trifkovic argues that FDR crafted US policy and tactical deployments to provoke and fail to prepare for a Japanese attack that would bring the Unite… --- ## [Letter left with a stray dog at the Humane Society:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-left-with-a-stray-dog-at-the-humane-society/191595)
**Author:** [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-left-with-a-stray-dog-at-the-humane-society/191595 "2003-08-07T14:57:16Z")
Incidentally, if any Dopers reading this happen to live in the Bay Area and are looking for a new dog, there’s a sweet natured, endearingly ugly black lab/rottweiler mix looking for a new home at the Marin Humane Societ… --- ## [(OLD) Out and About in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-out-and-about-in-the-mmp/982448)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 390\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-out-and-about-in-the-mmp/982448 "2023-04-17T23:45:00Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s 11c/52f with a predicted high of 17c/62f and cloudy. Weather app says “Let’s make Play-Doh moulds of our genitalia and show them to the fucking neighbours”. Perhaps not! Yesterday was a far too… --- ## [Ask The Catholic Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-catholic-guy/93224)
**Author:** [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-catholic-guy/93224 "2001-12-07T04:44:23Z")
This is a request - Moderators, feel free to lock this up or something after it gets some views and/or someone does what I am asking. Today something awful happened to me. One of my Christian Acquaintences started a deb… --- ## [Does McDonald's market disproportionately to black people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-mcdonalds-market-disproportionately-to-black-people/631147)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-mcdonalds-market-disproportionately-to-black-people/631147 "2012-08-16T16:38:58Z")
I was discussing dieting and a fast food this afternoon at the gym with an acquaintance, and he told me that in seeing the various TV ads for McDonalds he believed McDonalds was really focusing on black people as the cor… --- ## [How did the universe and consciousness create themselves from nothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-universe-and-consciousness-create-themselves-from-nothing/829286)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-universe-and-consciousness-create-themselves-from-nothing/829286 "2019-02-18T20:04:47Z")
Just post your theories down below, and I’ll get back to you ASAP --- ## [A murder of crows. Make up your own collective noun.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370)
**Author:** [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-make-up-your-own-collective-noun/816370 "2026-09-10T16:59:20Z")
A mess of children. --- ## [How hard is the human skull really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-the-human-skull-really/644650)
**Author:** [@s0meguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/s0meguy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-the-human-skull-really/644650 "2012-12-21T18:17:36Z")
In some tv series recently, like Spartacus and The Walking Dead, people are frequently impaled through their heads in one go, like so http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/2386/10624399.jpg Is this possible, are our skull… --- ## ["Atheist/Agnostic" as a religious category](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-agnostic-as-a-religious-category/679399)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-agnostic-as-a-religious-category/679399 "2014-01-25T21:16:24Z")
Sometimes when they categorize religions (in charts, on forms, et cetera) they include “Atheist/Agnostic” or “Agnostic/Atheist”. This threatens to explode my head. I pit them for this. I see it like these categories: “… --- ## [A few Questions about American Pickers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-american-pickers/584757)
**Author:** [@Karen\_X2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_X2)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-american-pickers/584757 "2013-08-10T01:43:07Z")
I’ll admit, this show is one of my guilty pleasures. I know there are a few threads about this, but I haven’t seen the answers to my questions. These guys are all over the country in that one little van. Seems to me tha… --- ## [Words You Think Mean the Opposite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-think-mean-the-opposite/574725)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-think-mean-the-opposite/574725 "2011-03-18T22:36:48Z")
Title says it all. What words does your mind tell you something means even if you know it’s the opposite? For me, it’s dearth. I know it means a lack of something, but my mind always wants to jump to it meaning plenty… --- ## [How has this board changed over the years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-this-board-changed-over-the-years/814276)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-this-board-changed-over-the-years/814276 "2019-05-23T15:38:26Z")
In what significant ways has the nature of this board changed over the years? --- ## [How do they shoot arrows into people in the movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-shoot-arrows-into-people-in-the-movies/582731)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-shoot-arrows-into-people-in-the-movies/582731 "2011-05-24T15:04:19Z")
I was re-watching The Road Warrior today, and the scene with the failed truck scavenge attempt by the refinery folks got me thinking about film F/X. After the one dune buggy is wrecked and the outlaws have captured the … --- ## [GTA IV – saving or skipping through to mission start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gta-iv-saving-or-skipping-through-to-mission-start/526691)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gta-iv-saving-or-skipping-through-to-mission-start/526691 "2010-01-29T15:33:15Z")
Sorry for being behind the times game-wise, but I got GTA IV during Steam’s holiday sale. Fun game … sort of. Fun when I’m not forced to spend five to ten minutes getting back to where I was before I screwed the pooch on… --- ## [How did you spend your New Year's--me, I was arrested for murder.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-spend-your-new-years-me-i-was-arrested-for-murder/386488)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-spend-your-new-years-me-i-was-arrested-for-murder/386488 "2007-02-10T18:49:33Z")
Well, “held for questioning,” at least. I was going to meet an old friend at a Starbucks, had parked and was a half a block away. This cop comes along and stops me, asking for ID. I gave him my driver’s license, and h… --- ## [E-cig (electronic cigarette) opinions, experiences, recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-cig-electronic-cigarette-opinions-experiences-recommendations/485511)
**Author:** [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-cig-electronic-cigarette-opinions-experiences-recommendations/485511 "2009-07-24T12:23:54Z")
I wasn’t really sure if this should go in CS or IMHO, so move it if you want. From Wikipedia, for those who don’t know what these things are: These things are really great. I have a DSE-901 and I love it - tastes bett… --- ## [Is it true that Chinese gold jewelry is 24 karat? And the rest of Asia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-chinese-gold-jewelry-is-24-karat-and-the-rest-of-asia/266065)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-chinese-gold-jewelry-is-24-karat-and-the-rest-of-asia/266065 "2010-09-07T02:43:15Z")
I heard somewhere that the standard for gold jewelry in China is considered to be 24 karat. If so, how does that affect the durability? Do chains, settings, and clasps ever break? And how about other countries in th… --- ## [Do you have car rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-car-rules/611430)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-car-rules/611430 "2012-02-07T00:27:15Z")
I’m not going to try a poll because Yes/No is boring and there’s no way I could imagine all the rules people might have, so just share, please. Do you have rules when people are in your car, and what are they? We just … --- ## [Approach speed of C-17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approach-speed-of-c-17/454496)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approach-speed-of-c-17/454496 "2022-11-27T11:43:00Z")
Every day at around 5PM, a C-17 flies over my house at what looks like a speed of about 17 MPH. I have no idea why, it’s like MASH’s ‘Five O’Clock Charlie’ on steroids and Viagra. I’m glad they’re on our side, other… --- ## [I'm A Vegetarian But I Eat Chicken And Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2010, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-vegetarian-but-i-eat-chicken-and-fish/535190 "2010-12-22T08:46:17Z")
The thread on online dating got me to looking through some online profiles on a site. Anyway I came across one and the man writes: “I’m a vegetarian but I eat chicken and fish.” OK does anyone really believe that if y… --- ## [Is my daughter too young to start shaving her legs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-daughter-too-young-to-start-shaving-her-legs/548771)
**Author:** [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2010, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-daughter-too-young-to-start-shaving-her-legs/548771 "2010-08-04T08:03:16Z")
My daughter will be 10 years old in December, and she’s showing early signs of the onset of puberty (developing breasts, getting taller and curvier, moments of utter unreasonable-ness.) I noticed last night that the tex… --- ## [You poor lonely conservative in the SDMB sea of liberals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-poor-lonely-conservative-in-the-sdmb-sea-of-liberals/266745)
**Author:** [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-poor-lonely-conservative-in-the-sdmb-sea-of-liberals/266745 "2004-10-08T21:49:42Z")
While bothering me for a while now, it was prompted by a thread today. Give it a rest. I’ll play matchmaker for you, so you don’t feel like the only conservative voice in the cold, cruel, liberal world of the SDMB… --- ## [No, you bloody well can't se my Green Card, you doddering old fool.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-bloody-well-cant-se-my-green-card-you-doddering-old-fool/553134)
**Author:** [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-bloody-well-cant-se-my-green-card-you-doddering-old-fool/553134 "2010-09-13T00:40:28Z")
Typical LA stop-and-go traffic, inching North on La Cienaga, when my philosophical musings on the uselessness of the PMP certification is rudely interrupted by a Mercury making contact with my rear fender. Loose objects,… --- ## [is it just me or is this very worrisome \[article about conservative influence on history textbooks\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-very-worrisome-article-about-conservative-influence-on-history-textbooks/528676)
**Author:** [@noxxer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noxxer)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-this-very-worrisome-article-about-conservative-influence-on-history-textbooks/528676 "2010-05-22T01:58:32Z")
read this article linked from google news. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/magazine/14texbooks-t.html and it worries me that we are re-writing history more than usual --- ## [What did Japan want when bombing Pearl Harbor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-japan-want-when-bombing-pearl-harbor/654249)
**Author:** [@the\_O](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-japan-want-when-bombing-pearl-harbor/654249 "2013-04-02T14:17:00Z")
I know I should know this and maybe I do, but I can’t seem to remember the long term goal of the Japanese military. I mean, were they looking for a shortcut to England? Were they seriously in a Doctor Evil funk and consi… --- ## [Married couples/long-term partners: how to overlook those little flaws that drive you nuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-long-term-partners-how-to-overlook-those-little-flaws-that-drive-you-nuts/643210)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-couples-long-term-partners-how-to-overlook-those-little-flaws-that-drive-you-nuts/643210 "2012-12-09T15:46:55Z")
I’m in the early stages of a relationship that has serious long-term potential. But something that worries me is, in the past I’ve had difficulty overlooking little things that drove me nuts. Like chewing with his mouth … --- ## ["2+2=5 for large values of 2" Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-2-5-for-large-values-of-2-huh/403251)
**Author:** [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-2-5-for-large-values-of-2-huh/403251 "2013-01-18T16:01:49Z")
When someone posts “2+2=4” to make some point, inevitably some wiseass comes back with, “well, 2+2=5 for large values of 2.” I’ve assumed that this means that, for example, 2.49+2.49=4.98, which, if rounded, would be wr… --- ## [Why does a depressed person want to remain depressed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-depressed-person-want-to-remain-depressed/443215)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-depressed-person-want-to-remain-depressed/443215 "2008-04-02T15:15:59Z")
I distinctly remember that when I am depressed the LAST thing I want is to be cheered up. This makes no sense at all, and I’m sure I’m not the only person who experiences this. Is there an evolutionary/psychological re… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=679&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=681&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)