# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=686&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:** 687 --- ## [NFL 2025 Offseason Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2025-offseason-thread/1015089)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 462\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2025-offseason-thread/1015089 "2025-08-05T23:32:07Z")
Your one stop for 2025 NFL offseason stuff. New league year officially beings March 12 so any transactions are not official until 4pm ET that date, but trade negotiations are allowed right now. Other upcoming dates: Ma… --- ## [Pitch the slugger or the cancer vic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-the-slugger-or-the-cancer-vic/368388)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-the-slugger-or-the-cancer-vic/368388 "2006-08-14T18:50:45Z")
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/rick\_reilly/08/07/reilly0814/index.html?cnn=yes I’m not usually one to just post a link and run, but this just makes me sick. At first, there seems to be an attempt to fram… --- ## [What’s up with Slingblade and where can I watch it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-slingblade-and-where-can-i-watch-it/981026)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-slingblade-and-where-can-i-watch-it/981026 "2023-03-13T23:18:35Z")
So I had a hankering for some biscuits and mustard last week and my wife had never seen slingblade so I went to find somewhere to stream it and to my shock it’s not only missing from the subscription services but it’s al… --- ## [Narrator of How It's Made-- where is he from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrator-of-how-its-made-where-is-he-from/589185)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrator-of-how-its-made-where-is-he-from/589185 "2011-12-07T07:41:44Z")
I ask because he keeps saying ‘robits’ for robots. He always sounded so accent-less to me before. Not that finding out where he’s from will mean anything. I remember the documentary series called The Dinosaurs which was… --- ## [Ask the male teenager](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777)
**Author:** [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777 "2003-06-04T18:50:00Z")
“No! NOOOOO!! Not another Ask the… thread!” shrieks the collectice masses of SDers! ::Cue thousands of dopers jumping off cliffs, like lemmings: Do you have any questions to do with teenagers? Any at all? Please, pleas… --- ## [Freezing urine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-urine/79351)
**Author:** [@Killuminati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Killuminati)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-urine/79351 "2001-09-02T19:37:36Z")
Hey is it possible to freeze urine and then use it for a drug test at a later date? I have a pre-employment drug test coming up and my friend is going to let me borrow his urine. I was wondering if it would be ok to free… --- ## [Ben Affleck to play Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935)
**Author:** [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/666935 "2013-08-25T15:54:48Z")
Oh dear, this is such a bad idea… --- ## [The Right and its persecution complex.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-and-its-persecution-complex/327864)
**Author:** [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-right-and-its-persecution-complex/327864 "2005-11-01T23:02:07Z")
I have had a revelation. I have finally realized what is pissing me off about the Conservatives in this country: They have a Persecution Complex, exacerbated by the existence of the “MAIN STREAM MEDIA”. So much for pers… --- ## [You will be executed. Choose the method.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-be-executed-choose-the-method/645635)
**Author:** [@Atakapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atakapa)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-be-executed-choose-the-method/645635 "2013-01-07T15:42:09Z")
If you were to receive capital punishment, which method would you prefer? --- ## [A good cuppa (tea), possible in the states?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-cuppa-tea-possible-in-the-states/583893)
**Author:** [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-cuppa-tea-possible-in-the-states/583893 "2011-06-08T01:19:06Z")
In this thread Candyman74 says bolding mine. I have to think that this can’t possibly be true. I live in a world where I can get coffee beans overnighted to me from my favorite coffee roaster in California so that I … --- ## [Toddlers and Tiaras](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toddlers-and-tiaras/591416)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toddlers-and-tiaras/591416 "2011-08-09T08:04:55Z")
I know this has come up before, but I just came across this show again while channel skipping. What the fuck is up with these parents? “Yes, because I was a wannabe beauty queen in high school I decided to dress my thre… --- ## [MLB: June 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2021/943367)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2021/943367 "2021-07-19T13:38:39Z")
New month, new thread. It’s been a most interesting season so far and Covid appears to be in the rear view window as far as the MLB schedule goes. That’s good because the weather last weekend was awful enough to cause a … --- ## [S-M-I-T-H pronounced BROWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-m-i-t-h-pronounced-brown/280040)
**Author:** [@jimpatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimpatro)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2005, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-m-i-t-h-pronounced-brown/280040 "2005-10-20T10:29:58Z")
So there’s this local politico whose name is spelled Voyvodich. Yet he pronounces it Voy-duh-vitch as if the d comes before the v. Something about it being his name and he can pronounce it however the hell he wants. Ho… --- ## [awkward retail experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awkward-retail-experience/524511)
**Author:** [@goBuffalo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goBuffalo)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awkward-retail-experience/524511 "2010-01-17T21:02:13Z")
Hey guys, I was trying on a winter coat in a Banana Republic the other day, when one of the associates walked by and said "you look good, but you might want to go up one size to avoid looking gay. I just bought the coa… --- ## [F\*ckin' Farah Fawcett](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592 "2009-07-26T15:00:03Z")
I’ve been bombarded with promos for her upcoming special about her “heroic” struggle with cancer. WTF knows, maybe it is heroic, but but the promo is just one long whine. “All I want is to LIVE! … It’s time for a MIRAC… --- ## [How do you feel about police?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-police/836309)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-police/836309 "2019-07-15T01:30:55Z")
Not a thread about Black Lives Matter, police brutality, etc. (although all of those things affect our perceptions) but rather, just how you feel about police in America (or whatever your nation is). Do you feel good, … --- ## [Worthless Piece of Shit Student](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthless-piece-of-shit-student/85462)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2001, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthless-piece-of-shit-student/85462 "2001-10-12T08:06:11Z")
http://www.theksbwchannel.com/news/1003331/detail.html You will notice that the worthless piece of shit student in the story linked just above is, in fact, a worthless piece of shit. I threw in student just to be nice. … --- ## [Another Teacher Rides the Incredibly Stupid Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-teacher-rides-the-incredibly-stupid-train/539896)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-teacher-rides-the-incredibly-stupid-train/539896 "2010-05-21T15:09:43Z")
A teacher in Alabam thought a good way to teach geometry was through ahhoting angles to assasinate the President. Yes, you read that correctly: According to the article there will be no disciplinary action taken, so w… --- ## [Legal name fraud - the TRUTH! (WTF?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-name-fraud-the-truth-wtf/755886)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-name-fraud-the-truth-wtf/755886 "2016-06-14T23:30:56Z")
I drove past a large billboard like this yesterday (near Southampton, England): https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8a3uuWszeZk/hqdefault.jpg What the heck is that about? I tried googling it, and got some apparently relevant search… --- ## [My Opinion of Japanese People](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-opinion-of-japanese-people/575091)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-opinion-of-japanese-people/575091 "2011-03-22T15:47:44Z")
If you asked me many years ago, I’d say they were a disgusting people based on their WWII record. But now, having faced a tripple disaster worse than anything I’ve witnessed in the news, I just have to admire them. Th… --- ## [13-year-old wanting a nose ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-year-old-wanting-a-nose-ring/646327)
**Author:** [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-year-old-wanting-a-nose-ring/646327 "2013-11-20T16:53:43Z")
My daughter is about to turn 13 and she wants a nose ring. I told her she’d at very least have to wait until 13, because I mean come on. But even then, I don’t know. I also don’t know if she would actually go through wit… --- ## [What to do with too many hot peppers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-too-many-hot-peppers/635314)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-too-many-hot-peppers/635314 "2012-09-28T05:16:51Z")
This year I have the most bountiful harvest of hot peppers I have ever had. One plant each of jalapeno, habanero, wax, serrano, and a round red cherry-type pepper, and I probably picked 100 individual peppers off the pla… --- ## [Mental disorders aren't necessarily valid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-disorders-arent-necessarily-valid/207363)
**Author:** [@TVAA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVAA)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-disorders-arent-necessarily-valid/207363 "2003-11-04T02:14:34Z")
Okay. This is an attempt to resurrect Zenster’s thread on ODD, which has indeed become convoluted and somewhat off-topic. The original argument in that thread concerned whether or not Oppositional Defiant Disorder is u… --- ## [Any tea drinkers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tea-drinkers/741503)
**Author:** [@jerry\_smissingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerry_smissingfinger)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tea-drinkers/741503 "2019-10-19T00:14:32Z")
I have been a long time coffee drinker, nothing was better than a good strong cup of morning coffee. Drank it all day sometimes. Around a month ago i was at a friend’s home and she offered me a tea that I drank out of a… --- ## [Television-Now we'll NEVER know!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-now-well-never-know/539905 "2010-05-22T21:32:14Z")
You are following a program where the plots revolve around a large mystery or two, and the damn thing gets canceled before the big reveal. For me, it was Nowhere Man, which was on UPN for one season. The intro was “My n… --- ## [Bad Names, Business Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685 "2012-02-25T20:44:27Z")
We’ve had several threads on lamentable names for people. Let’s do one for businesses with poorly thought out names. I’ve recently discovered an antique shop named The Town Pump. I just don’t understand how they settled… --- ## [Gold As an Investment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-as-an-investment/655312)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-as-an-investment/655312 "2013-04-27T13:11:16Z")
I’ve often wondered, just how good of an investment is gold? I recently heard a commercial on tv that touted it as an investment that was “never worth zero”. That may be true, but is it really a good investment? Specific… --- ## ['Weird' celebrity baby names that are not (weird).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-celebrity-baby-names-that-are-not-weird/609426)
**Author:** [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-celebrity-baby-names-that-are-not-weird/609426 "2012-01-24T04:03:04Z")
I would like to have a discussion. If you want to join a thread deploring all those stupid names your relatives,friends,co-workers give to their kids, make another thread. This is not it. So leave it out. What I want to… --- ## [What's the gayest country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gayest-country/594192)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-gayest-country/594192 "2011-09-03T15:11:58Z")
I’m a little bit afraid to Google my query, but I’m curious what country has the highest reported percentage of homosexual inhabitants. I imagine it would be pretty hard to gather truly accurate data, since there are so… --- ## [Anyone playing Sins of a Solar Empire yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-sins-of-a-solar-empire-yet/436268)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-sins-of-a-solar-empire-yet/436268 "2009-06-21T08:58:56Z")
I’m currently downloading it off Stardocks site but was wondering if anyone has started playing it yet and what your thoughts are so far? I hope to have it down and loaded later this evening. -XT --- ## [Women: What are the psychological effects of overemphasis on women's looks and sexuality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-are-the-psychological-effects-of-overemphasis-on-womens-looks-and-sexuality/618454)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-are-the-psychological-effects-of-overemphasis-on-womens-looks-and-sexuality/618454 "2012-04-30T15:55:35Z")
I take it for granted that at least in Western societies, there is overemphasis on women’s looks and sexuality. I would like to know what negative effects (especially in terms of women’s cognition, feelings and behavior… --- ## [Defending Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2005, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defending-reeder/314969 "2005-08-12T11:07:14Z")
I don’t think the banning of Reeder was warrented. This is opinion is based both on Reeder as a poster and my feelings about how bannings work on this board. Let’s deal with the latter point first. Why not changed the n… --- ## [Acne or fat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acne-or-fat/577491)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acne-or-fat/577491 "2011-04-16T03:17:41Z")
Today I saw a young woman on the bus. She had a smokin’ body but severe acne which got me wondering which I’d rather have, hot body and bad acne or perfect skin and 100 lbs over weight? --- ## [The 46 Senate Democrats represent WAY more votes than the 54 Republicans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-46-senate-democrats-represent-way-more-votes-than-the-54-republicans/746324)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-46-senate-democrats-represent-way-more-votes-than-the-54-republicans/746324 "2016-02-24T23:17:07Z")
There has been some arguing in the threads about Scalia’s death, and the nomination/confirmation of his replacement, along the following lines: Democratic Doper: “President Obama won the 2012 election fair and square, a… --- ## [I walked out of my job today \*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-my-job-today/667366)
**Author:** [@pinkcottoncandy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkcottoncandy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-my-job-today/667366 "2013-09-13T15:22:58Z")
Hey everyone, So just like the title says, I walked out today from my job of five years. I just wanted to get some input from others so I thought I’d post here. Sorry it’s so lengthy… So I’ve been s client service rep… --- ## [Assess Obama's first-year performance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assess-obamas-first-year-performance/525067)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assess-obamas-first-year-performance/525067 "2010-01-21T12:47:00Z")
Politifact offers a careful, nuanced, and mixed review of campaign promises broken, kept, stalled, etc. For my part, I’m not angry about any particular unmet promise. I hope we all know, before we decide how to vote, t… --- ## [Sequential Threads - It's May now warm up.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequential-threads-its-may-now-warm-up/580514 "2011-06-02T16:02:51Z")
What Makes Your Week - a because-I-was-awake MMP I had a drink last night. --- ## [Ontological arguments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontological-arguments/231958)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ontological-arguments/231958 "2004-03-20T23:19:37Z")
Libertarian’s postings in this thread highlighted a form of argument I have not come across before. I have very little in the way of education with respect to logic (just a few courses for the degree I’m doing now). So… --- ## [Banning the use of hand held cell phones while driving ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-the-use-of-hand-held-cell-phones-while-driving/601116)
**Author:** [@studmuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/studmuffin)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-the-use-of-hand-held-cell-phones-while-driving/601116 "2011-11-03T21:14:03Z")
Is it common sense or an infringement of freedom ? --- ## [Are You An Alien Shapeshifting Reptile Person? I am. Allegedly.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-an-alien-shapeshifting-reptile-person-i-am-allegedly/672885)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-an-alien-shapeshifting-reptile-person-i-am-allegedly/672885 "2014-01-27T20:51:07Z")
Just take this nifty test, in the Atlantic Magazine! Scroll down I test out positive! I am an Alien Reptilian! This fulfills a lifelong dream! I no longer bear one tiny little shred of collective guilt or responsi… --- ## [Why won't my roommate go away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-my-roommate-go-away/156009)
**Author:** [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-my-roommate-go-away/156009 "2003-06-07T18:32:35Z")
Okay. I was extremely apprehensive about getting a roommate to start with, but I did because of finances. I knew within a week that there would be a problem. Boy, who knew it would be that bad? The first lesson I learne… --- ## [Debunking of the Ghost of Flight 401?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-of-the-ghost-of-flight-401/117503)
**Author:** [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunking-of-the-ghost-of-flight-401/117503 "2018-05-15T13:35:21Z")
Got into an argument this morning with someone who believes in all sorts of paranormal and supernatural phenomena and has a certain disdain for skeptics. As support for his absolute belief that ghosts exist, he cited th… --- ## [Massive flooding in Texas; 20 children missing from a summer camp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-flooding-in-texas-20-children-missing-from-a-summer-camp/1020512)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 362\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-flooding-in-texas-20-children-missing-from-a-summer-camp/1020512 "2026-09-23T02:25:05Z")
Information, especially about the camp, which was for girls, is sketchy, mainly because of the difficulty in getting there and accessing information. At least 13 deaths in the flooded area have been confirmed, and helic… --- ## [Doctor Who: S7 E12 "The Crimson Horror"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-s7-e12-the-crimson-horror/657495)
**Author:** [@Galwegian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galwegian)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-s7-e12-the-crimson-horror/657495 "2013-05-14T18:13:29Z")
I enjoyed this immensely. It felt like very old-school Who, with some great little details. At this stage, they must be considering Strax, Vastra and Jenny for their own spin-off series. There was a really creepy vibe … --- ## [What does the Hair Club For Men do exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-hair-club-for-men-do-exactly/32719)
**Author:** [@DoZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoZ)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-hair-club-for-men-do-exactly/32719 "2013-06-17T08:02:29Z")
I see the ads, but I’m never going bald, so I’m not about to write for details. Is it a wig, a weave, plugs? And is it really that big a secret? Why can’t they just say in the ad? If you’re bald you want to know and if … --- ## [Is there anything good about Common Core?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-good-about-common-core/735899)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-good-about-common-core/735899 "2015-11-30T21:21:32Z")
Most of the anecdotes about Common Core seem to have been overwhelmingly negative. Are there any good things about it, and what do Common Core’s defenders usually say? --- ## [Anyone used Best Buy Geek Squad to install Car items like Stereos.Alarms or Remote Starters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-used-best-buy-geek-squad-to-install-car-items-like-stereos-alarms-or-remote-starters/681293)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-used-best-buy-geek-squad-to-install-car-items-like-stereos-alarms-or-remote-starters/681293 "2014-02-19T03:06:22Z")
I’m looking for first hand experiences with Best Buy Geek Squad car option installs. I want to get a remote starter for my wife’s car. Best Buy seems to be the dealer for the Viper Remote Starters. How was your experie… --- ## [Jurassic Park (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-spoilers/541325)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-spoilers/541325 "2010-06-07T18:06:17Z")
What does Nedry do? He turns off the door security system, and some of the fences go down. The tour program goes down, and I guess some other systems go off. The phones are down. But not all the power goes down. The… --- ## [Neanderthal wife beaters deserve...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neanderthal-wife-beaters-deserve/496261)
**Author:** [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neanderthal-wife-beaters-deserve/496261 "2009-05-18T17:14:14Z")
they deserve… I don’t even know what they deserve. I work overnight at a hotel, and just checked in a tiny lady with a local address, a wicked black eye, and an obviously upset teenage daughter wearing her pajamas. Put… --- ## [Why do we generally sleep with our head facing away from the door?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-generally-sleep-with-our-head-facing-away-from-the-door/440684)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-generally-sleep-with-our-head-facing-away-from-the-door/440684 "2008-03-10T23:15:11Z")
In my current room I don’t, because the layout of it screens the bed from the door. But just about every other bed I’ve slept in I sleep with my head away from the door. Is this learned behavior? Instinctual? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=685&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=687&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)