# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=701&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:** 702 --- ## ["The climate may be heating up less in response to greenhouse-gas emissions than was once thought."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-climate-may-be-heating-up-less-in-response-to-greenhouse-gas-emissions-than-was-once-thought/662157)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-climate-may-be-heating-up-less-in-response-to-greenhouse-gas-emissions-than-was-once-thought/662157 "2013-07-02T19:33:20Z")
Lately we’ve been having threads talking about how we should respond to the imminent extinction of the human race as a result of climate change. Unfortunately it seems that the human race may be around a bit longer than… --- ## [If You Oppose SSM, How Will You Feel When It's Allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-oppose-ssm-how-will-you-feel-when-its-allowed/630233)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-oppose-ssm-how-will-you-feel-when-its-allowed/630233 "2012-08-13T14:52:42Z")
Say SSM is deemed legal in all 50 states, and you disagree with it, how will you feel then? I’d add a poll, but am unable to do so from my phone. Questions among participants are fine, but please no direct snarking on i… --- ## [Canada - what makes Canada great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-what-makes-canada-great/517181)
**Author:** [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-what-makes-canada-great/517181 "2009-11-19T17:58:58Z")
Don’t know if this is the right place for it. but its pretty mundane and pointless. I would like to hear from some Canadian dopers: what do you love about Canada, in what ways do you think Canada is better than the US,… --- ## [Johm Kerry: Evil sez Drudge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johm-kerry-evil-sez-drudge/258249)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johm-kerry-evil-sez-drudge/258249 "2004-08-11T18:07:38Z")
Might as well get this right out there in the Pit. Coulda tacked it on the other thread, I guess, but this probably deserves its own. http://www.drudgereport.com/ufd.htm Supposedly, this is all part of a book to be r… --- ## [WHY did George Lucas kill Star Wars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-george-lucas-kill-star-wars/541862)
**Author:** [@Crab007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab007)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-george-lucas-kill-star-wars/541862 "2010-06-06T23:35:49Z")
WHY did George Lucas kill Star Wars? --- ## [CBS pre-game show still doing their Liberal whining about not enough minoirty coaches being hired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pre-game-show-still-doing-their-liberal-whining-about-not-enough-minoirty-coaches-being-hired/647845)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pre-game-show-still-doing-their-liberal-whining-about-not-enough-minoirty-coaches-being-hired/647845 "2013-02-16T02:52:19Z")
If there were good minority candidates they would be hired having a few token black coaches is a backwards step for race relations --- ## [Okay everybody, list your "type"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-everybody-list-your-type/485172 "2012-07-18T13:25:44Z")
Not so much your ideal mate/partner, but those things which typically get you going and which you are instantly drawn to in a potential romantic/sexual partner. Me, a female who is petite, short brunette hair, reasonabl… --- ## [Barbara Boxer described Bernie supporters as well, like Trump supporters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-boxer-described-bernie-supporters-as-well-like-trump-supporters/755035)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-boxer-described-bernie-supporters-as-well-like-trump-supporters/755035 "2016-05-20T19:32:41Z")
Harry Reid, Senator Nevada (D) is flummoxed by Sander’s lack of promoting unity in the party. --- ## [Xbox 360 Wireless Controller "pushes" left on thumbstick by itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-360-wireless-controller-pushes-left-on-thumbstick-by-itself/590251)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-360-wireless-controller-pushes-left-on-thumbstick-by-itself/590251 "2011-07-28T12:56:36Z")
My Xbox 360 has a habit of “thinking” I have pushed left on the thumbstick when I haven’t. That is, an action on screen mapped to the “move left” action will occur with out me telling it to do so. I talked to a co-worke… --- ## [Bones- What has happened to Cam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-what-has-happened-to-cam/620198)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-what-has-happened-to-cam/620198 "2012-05-01T18:57:10Z")
The show completely sucks now that Brennan has had the baby and she and Booth are together. That’s a given. The whole family thing is just wrong. This, however, is alarming: Cam has always had a rockin’ body and great c… --- ## [I oppose a policy of automatically banning the White Nationalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-oppose-a-policy-of-automatically-banning-the-white-nationalists/132509)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-oppose-a-policy-of-automatically-banning-the-white-nationalists/132509 "2002-10-29T01:22:01Z")
In principle, that is. I’m not the board owner, so my opposition doesn’t mean squat. In fact, I don’t even know whether that is the policy of the SDMB administration. Perhaps the WNs did something jerky. I can’t recall … --- ## [Waco Jacko interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waco-jacko-interview/152675)
**Author:** [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waco-jacko-interview/152675 "2003-02-22T05:19:37Z")
Don’t know when this will be broadcast around the world but it was broadcast on British and Irish TV last night. Martin Bashir, he of the Diana interview fame spent 8 months with Jackson and came away with a fascinating… --- ## [Manhattan is a fuckwad, and Microsoft can suck my dick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-fuckwad-and-microsoft-can-suck-my-dick/173757)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-is-a-fuckwad-and-microsoft-can-suck-my-dick/173757 "2003-11-13T00:11:19Z")
I have the incredible privilege of making my living working with Microsoft products\* for forty hours a week, give or take the occasional few minutes I spend under my desk with a gun in my mouth wishing hot wet death on B… --- ## [What kind of people hump furniture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-people-hump-furniture/286807)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-people-hump-furniture/286807 "2011-03-05T01:07:26Z")
What kind of people hump furniture? Plumbers? Accountants? Registered Nurses? Interns? Do you think they dim the lights, put on some Barry White, maybe burn some incense and have a glass of wine on the table nearby? Or m… --- ## [Twilight: biggest Mary Sue ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-biggest-mary-sue-ever/472912)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-biggest-mary-sue-ever/472912 "2008-11-19T22:31:40Z")
My wife (a rather well read and intelligent woman) has this theory that one of the things driving the popularity of the Twilight series is that it appeals to the outcast feeling that all women have. She is of the opinio… --- ## [What would it cost to convert the USA to use chip and pin for credit card transactions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-cost-to-convert-the-usa-to-use-chip-and-pin-for-credit-card-transactions/696901)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-cost-to-convert-the-usa-to-use-chip-and-pin-for-credit-card-transactions/696901 "2014-09-30T03:43:48Z")
Most POS terminals in the United States use a mag stripe reader to get the necessary account information. It’s my understanding that this makes cards very easy to clone leading to a lot of fraud. Chip-and-pin cards are… --- ## [Banana Republic coming soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-republic-coming-soon/670160)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-republic-coming-soon/670160 "2013-12-26T21:49:26Z")
No, not a new store. I’m thinking of the US turning into one. The thought just occurred to me today after seeing this headline: NOT that it’s all on Obama. The shutdown sort of reminds me of the general strikes that … --- ## [Michael Moore takes Ground Zero responders to Cuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-takes-ground-zero-responders-to-cuba/401190)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-moore-takes-ground-zero-responders-to-cuba/401190 "2007-07-06T23:15:06Z")
According to the New York Post, anyway: If true, is this good practice? Some people are up in arms about it. But the people involved went willingly, didn’t they? --- ## [Jesus Christ Sean Hannity.........](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-sean-hannity/801190)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-christ-sean-hannity/801190 "2017-11-16T10:51:01Z")
I know neither side is perfect. Celebrities standing up and applauding Roman Polanski. The pedophilia and sex crimes that are rampant in hollywood that everyone knows are happening and nobody does anything to protect … --- ## [Why should religion be free to discriminate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-religion-be-free-to-discriminate/762964)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2016, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-religion-be-free-to-discriminate/762964 "2016-09-04T06:28:15Z")
Sure, the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion but that freedom has many restrictions. I couldn’t sacrifice babies to Baal, for instance. I’d be in breach of the law and my pleas of religious freedom would fall on… --- ## [Mega Corporations Ruling America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-corporations-ruling-america/568792)
**Author:** [@NewDeb2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NewDeb2011)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mega-corporations-ruling-america/568792 "2011-02-14T02:53:40Z")
Has anyone noticed that all the big corporations are out of control (watch any documentary about anything) and no one is talking about it? Corporations are censoring the news, squashing facts that show them in a bad lig… --- ## [Hi, Im new here \[meat the spammer\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-here-meat-the-spammer/545077)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-new-here-meat-the-spammer/545077 "2010-07-06T17:48:51Z")
Hi My name is Sue from UK, nice to meat you all. --- ## [Huh. \[RNC spent $2,000 in Hollywood S&M Strip Club\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-rnc-spent-2-000-in-hollywood-s-m-strip-club/534219)
**Author:** [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-rnc-spent-2-000-in-hollywood-s-m-strip-club/534219 "2010-04-06T12:58:04Z")
And spends RNC funds to do it. (The Daily Caller is Tucker Carlson’s site, btw.) \[QUOTE=article\] Once on the ground, FEC filings suggest, Steele travels in style. A February RNC trip to California, for example, include… --- ## [What experiments can I do with hydrochloric acid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-experiments-can-i-do-with-hydrochloric-acid/316301)
**Author:** [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-experiments-can-i-do-with-hydrochloric-acid/316301 "2005-08-11T03:31:53Z")
I got some hydrochloric acid to clean quartz, which is talked about in another thread. I hardly needed to use any of it, so I’m wondering what interesting chemistry experiments I can do with it. I’ve already mixed it wit… --- ## [Dog Whistles are stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-whistles-are-stupid/793070)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-whistles-are-stupid/793070 "2017-08-15T04:28:44Z")
Taken from a thread in the pit, talking about Steven Miller’s statement on “Cosmopolitan Bias”. So, just to be clear, this guy (who is supposedly politically savvy) decided that it would be a good idea to use a coded w… --- ## [Natalie Holloway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natalie-holloway/436297)
**Author:** [@JohnnieEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnieEnigma)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natalie-holloway/436297 "2008-02-20T20:57:08Z")
Joran van der Sloot confessed on tape. So here’s my spin… he fed her drugs so he can take sexual advantage of her; she OD’d since she has a very low resistence; he panicked; he called his drug-connection friend with the… --- ## [NH Republican/Tea Partier wants to stop youth vote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nh-republican-tea-partier-wants-to-stop-youth-vote/573961)
**Author:** [@Page\_Fault](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Page_Fault)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nh-republican-tea-partier-wants-to-stop-youth-vote/573961 "2011-03-13T19:06:46Z")
Story here. As a summary: William O’Brian basically states “We don’t like how students vote, so they’re obviously dumb kids and we should keep them from voting.” We’ve all seen attempts to tweak things in favor from bo… --- ## [Helping a woman down steps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-a-woman-down-steps/499912)
**Author:** [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-a-woman-down-steps/499912 "2009-06-17T22:26:34Z")
Some friends and I had an opportunity to look at some antique streetcars last Sunday. We were allowed to climb into several of the cars, just to take a look around. In situations like this, I like to offer ladies my ha… --- ## [Stupid "features" they keep adding to passenger cars.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-features-they-keep-adding-to-passenger-cars/671443)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-features-they-keep-adding-to-passenger-cars/671443 "2013-10-25T20:08:55Z")
I can’t wrap my head around why manufacturers are throwing paddle shifters into family sedans nowadays. They are completely, 100% useless and all they do is add to the cost of the car. Has anyone ever actually used pad… --- ## [Explaining gold standard for dummies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explaining-gold-standard-for-dummies/699035)
**Author:** [@guesswhoiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guesswhoiam)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explaining-gold-standard-for-dummies/699035 "2014-09-26T18:58:03Z")
Is there a way to explain why gold standard is bad using a layperson’s concepts? For example, let me put my dummy hat on, and consider, today everybody’s making transaction using pieces of paper called money. What’s so b… --- ## [Could someone else have been buried in Grant's tomb? Teacher made boy cried.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-else-have-been-buried-in-grants-tomb-teacher-made-boy-cried/684236)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-else-have-been-buried-in-grants-tomb-teacher-made-boy-cried/684236 "2015-01-28T19:04:21Z")
Some years ago, a teacher made a sensitive classmate of mine cry when he couldn’t figure out whom was buried in Grant’s tomb and well, the teacher made fun of him. I always felt bad about that incident and I always had a… --- ## [Captain America 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-america-2/672131)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-america-2/672131 "2014-04-08T12:57:55Z")
The trailer was just released and it looks pretty wild. I am an unapologetic fanboy nerd lover of the first one, so my feelings on this trailer are fair and unbiased. --- ## [This is the problem I have with Vegans:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-problem-i-have-with-vegans/560160)
**Author:** [@supergalactic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergalactic)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-problem-i-have-with-vegans/560160 "2010-11-16T19:26:19Z")
Personally, I don’t have problems with them on a personal level. I have several friends who are vegans, and my wife is a vegan also. The issue I have is thus: taking non meat and non dairy foods and trying to pass them … --- ## [The Missing Sock, Comma, Tupperware Lids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-sock-comma-tupperware-lids/8532)
**Author:** [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2000, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-sock-comma-tupperware-lids/8532 "2000-11-03T22:52:04Z")
Okay, I already came to the conclusion that my dryer is the entrance to another dimension completely occupied by single socks. I also think that somehow, tupperware lids make it there through a gateway in my dishwasher o… --- ## [What Causes Gas Mileage to Get Worse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-gas-mileage-to-get-worse/340060)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-gas-mileage-to-get-worse/340060 "2006-01-17T05:05:20Z")
I own a '99 Olds Alero GLS. I like the car a lot, it had a few minor issues that were covered under warranty, but all in all it’s been a solid performer. However lately it seems that I’m getting really poor gas mileage … --- ## [Come up to my room. I want you ( to fuck me/ get fucked by me)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-up-to-my-room-i-want-you-to-fuck-me-get-fucked-by-me/572536)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-up-to-my-room-i-want-you-to-fuck-me-get-fucked-by-me/572536 "2011-03-01T18:35:07Z")
Poll coming. Its Friday after work and you are in the local hotel bar and all your married co-workers have just left. You are recently single/available and have no idea how to begin the weekend. Suddenly an old attracti… --- ## [All Tricks, No Treats (October Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-tricks-no-treats-october-mini-rants/951693 "2021-11-04T20:04:24Z")
Continuing the discussion from The September of my Rants: It’s still September 30 where I live but on the west side of the Pacific Ocean it’s October 1 so I guess this counts. I live in the Pacific Northwest and especi… --- ## [Hobbit questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbit-questions/645353)
**Author:** [@Thinktank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thinktank)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbit-questions/645353 "2013-01-05T17:00:19Z")
Yes, that’s right I’m not always asking serious questions :stuck\_out\_tongue: Anyway, I obviously just got back from the movie and as I was sitting in the theater I started to wonder “what author invented Elves and Orcs … --- ## [Is There a Word For Someone Who Loves Children But Not in a Weird Way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-someone-who-loves-children-but-not-in-a-weird-way/397003)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-someone-who-loves-children-but-not-in-a-weird-way/397003 "2007-03-26T01:38:23Z")
What is the word for a person who loves children, but not in the traditional sense in which we understand the word “pedophile”? Think in terms of someone who protects or strongly advocates for children, like say a lawye… --- ## [What Happened To My Metal??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-metal/540655)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-metal/540655 "2010-06-02T13:59:12Z")
Most of the metal bands I liked died a slow death due to commercial conquests, like Metallica and Megadeath, or ceased being a cohesive band after awhile (Pantera). To me, metal peaked with CD’s like Rust In Peace, Count… --- ## [Hangover sweats and chills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-sweats-and-chills/6983)
**Author:** [@Mr.Zambezi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Zambezi)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2000, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-sweats-and-chills/6983 "2000-02-11T06:30:00Z")
I drank too much beer at the superbowl and for a day had chills and sweated profusely while sleeping. Whenever I have a hangover, I notice that i get the chills for a couple of days or until I have a good workout. I was… --- ## [Fermi Paradox. What am I missing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fermi-paradox-what-am-i-missing/827614)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fermi-paradox-what-am-i-missing/827614 "2019-01-29T09:55:03Z")
Why do people assume the speed of light can be exceeded? This would really seem to be a nessecery component of establishing some kind of star empire. --- ## [NOM's new ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noms-new-ad/495208)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noms-new-ad/495208 "2009-05-14T02:00:07Z")
I don’t have the time or inclination to give it a real pitting but I’ll open it here since that’s where it’ll end up and I may want to cuss. The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), \[soon to join with the Biblical … --- ## [Amusing/Crazy Beliefs You Had as a Child!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-crazy-beliefs-you-had-as-a-child/592595)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-crazy-beliefs-you-had-as-a-child/592595 "2011-08-18T01:24:42Z")
When I was a young kid, I saw ghosts around every corner. I had an older friend who told me some pretty weird stuff-like dead people lived in funeral homes-you could see them at night, peeping out the windows. One nigh… --- ## [Should Robert Bork have sat on the Supreme Court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-robert-bork-have-sat-on-the-supreme-court/538778)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-robert-bork-have-sat-on-the-supreme-court/538778 "2010-06-03T02:18:36Z")
As a college student, I opposed Robert Bork being appointed to the Supreme Court. I’ll agree that some of the opposition’s tactics were too much, however. The Democratic Senate knew they had a weakened President Reagan a… --- ## [Sneak over Canadian American border](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneak-over-canadian-american-border/23002)
**Author:** [@DippyMonger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DippyMonger)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2000, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneak-over-canadian-american-border/23002 "2000-06-23T00:01:56Z")
I am an Australian, but looking at a map it is easy to see the size of the Candian/American border. My question is, how easy is it to sneek over? I mean, how fo they patrol such a vast distance? Also, with WWII POW’S try… --- ## [Monte Carlo-ians Can't Gamble in Their Own Casino?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monte-carlo-ians-cant-gamble-in-their-own-casino/590534)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monte-carlo-ians-cant-gamble-in-their-own-casino/590534 "2012-10-02T21:29:05Z")
So says wikipedia. What’s the reason for this, and what do the Monte Carlo-ians do for their gambling fix (IOW, where are the nearest legal casinos to Monte Carlo)? --- ## [(Illegally) downloading "free" music, movies etc - have you/do you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegally-downloading-free-music-movies-etc-have-you-do-you/630872)
**Author:** [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegally-downloading-free-music-movies-etc-have-you-do-you/630872 "2012-08-19T17:41:05Z")
Don’t think it would hold up legally but while I have downloaded a lot of music, I don’t consider any of it “illegal” as in it’s stuff I own/have owned, which I believe is legal (and I don’t sell, redistribute etc). I d… --- ## [The best tea in the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-tea-in-the-world/525971)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-tea-in-the-world/525971 "2010-04-10T16:04:07Z")
In your humble opinion, what are the best, coolest, most interesting teas in the world – and where can I get them? I’m setting up a tea section in my bookstore (packaged, not prepared & served), and I’d like to carry a … --- ## [Random Public School Annoyances (minor rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-public-school-annoyances-minor-rant/520861)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-public-school-annoyances-minor-rant/520861 "2010-01-01T16:33:58Z")
My daughter started the gifted program the other day, so I drove her to school to walk her to her new classroom (she’s 6). I checked in at the office and was told that parents aren’t allowed to walk their children to cl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=700&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=702&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)