# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=723&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:** 724 --- ## [Favorite US vacation places where you don't need a car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-vacation-places-where-you-dont-need-a-car/353288)
**Author:** [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-us-vacation-places-where-you-dont-need-a-car/353288 "2006-04-21T03:07:52Z")
Any suggestions? And to clarify, someplace you can easily fly to and don’t need a car to get to. --- ## [All conservatives on the "there's nothing to this Russia thing" train, come on down. (Shodan)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-conservatives-on-the-theres-nothing-to-this-russia-thing-train-come-on-down-shodan/808181)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-conservatives-on-the-theres-nothing-to-this-russia-thing-train-come-on-down-shodan/808181 "2018-02-10T15:14:24Z")
I originally wrote this post as a reply to Shodan in an elections thread but then deleted it to instead write it here: Wow, you’re in far deeper than even I would’ve guessed. Is this really the hill you want to die on? … --- ## [How do people not understand that lawnmowers/weedeaters/leafblowers are loud and obnoxious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-not-understand-that-lawnmowers-weedeaters-leafblowers-are-loud-and-obnoxious/507707)
**Author:** [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-not-understand-that-lawnmowers-weedeaters-leafblowers-are-loud-and-obnoxious/507707 "2009-08-31T16:25:08Z")
Ok, I do understand that people need to cut their lawn. Fine. If you only have one night available to cut it due to your work schedule, well that sucks but whatever. But my neighbor is home every single night. Last nig… --- ## [What is the Legacy of the Hippie Movement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-legacy-of-the-hippie-movement/504407)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-legacy-of-the-hippie-movement/504407 "2009-08-22T02:28:53Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11375105&postcount=27 In the above link njtt writes: I have come across a few older people who described themselves as hippies in the 1960s and 70s and most of them l… --- ## [Peak Oil Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-oil-question/664699)
**Author:** [@Domesticated\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Domesticated_Primate)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2013, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-oil-question/664699 "2013-08-14T06:03:41Z")
Several years ago, I did some online research on peak oil. I read that reaching peak oil meant that we had used up the easy-to-get half of the available oil. There were several problems with the remaining oil. It was in … --- ## [Why were the British colonies so successful relative to other colonies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-british-colonies-so-successful-relative-to-other-colonies/257309)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-british-colonies-so-successful-relative-to-other-colonies/257309 "2004-08-01T02:17:52Z")
I’m thinking mainly of Australia, the United States and Canada. Why did the British colonial efforts (relative to other colonies) develop into such successful economic powerhouses vs other nations atttempts at colonizati… --- ## [Can you puke your guts out? \[changed title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-puke-your-guts-out-changed-title/299608)
**Author:** [@MsCrystal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsCrystal)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-puke-your-guts-out-changed-title/299608 "2005-04-17T16:32:50Z")
While searching the internet for an answer, I came upon this site. After not finding the answer I was looking for, I decided this would be a great place to ask. So here it is: Can you actually “Puke your guts Out”? --- ## [Wedding dress on wedding guest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dress-on-wedding-guest/720414)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-dress-on-wedding-guest/720414 "2015-05-26T01:38:58Z")
I was reading an advice column about a woman whose future mother-in-law intended to wear her wedding dress to the wedding. At least one other person wrote a comment about a friend who showed up at her wedding in a weddi… --- ## [A Very Un-PC Thread: The Most Unhygienic Custom You Can Think Of.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-un-pc-thread-the-most-unhygienic-custom-you-can-think-of/495748)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-un-pc-thread-the-most-unhygienic-custom-you-can-think-of/495748 "2009-05-13T18:23:07Z")
Or for you pedantic types, The Most Unhygienic Custom of Which You Can Think. For me, I’ve never quite gotten over reading about some parts of rural India where they clean their houses (including the kitchens) with fres… --- ## [What songs from the 60s really are about acid trips or drugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-from-the-60s-really-are-about-acid-trips-or-drugs/726042)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-from-the-60s-really-are-about-acid-trips-or-drugs/726042 "2015-08-03T19:25:49Z")
I’ve come across the threads about the Beach Boys Sloop John B and Chicago’s 25 or 6 to 4. It seems these songs aren’t really about drugs or bad acid trips. But where did this idea come from? Are there a whole bunch of … --- ## [Where will Bush start a war first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-will-bush-start-a-war-first/50566)
**Author:** [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-will-bush-start-a-war-first/50566 "2001-09-21T18:19:45Z")
Let’s see…the old Bush sent the troops off to war in Panama, Iraq, and Somalia. Where do you think the New Bush will send the troops? He is trigger happy, just like his dad, and he likes to follow in his Dad’s foot steps… --- ## [Fuck the passport offices in Florida, and the State Department](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-passport-offices-in-florida-and-the-state-department/731548)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-passport-offices-in-florida-and-the-state-department/731548 "2016-06-30T13:40:35Z")
I’m a 32 year old US citizen born in the USA, to 2 US citizens who were born here, to 4 more US citizens who were born here. I recently applied for a passport so i can leave the United States and visit someone abroad. I… --- ## [Spoiled, Self-Entitled Little Munchkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiled-self-entitled-little-munchkin/514166)
**Author:** [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiled-self-entitled-little-munchkin/514166 "2009-10-20T18:14:06Z")
Today is my niece’s 3rd birthday party. Over at my sister’s house there’s about 8 other kids over (from day care or family friends and such) and a parent or two for each. I’m hiding upstairs in the office, because I’ve … --- ## [Ask the Professional Chef](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-professional-chef/521289)
**Author:** [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-professional-chef/521289 "2010-01-26T19:58:45Z")
I am not sure if this has ever been done. I know I have not participated in one yet. I have been cooking or working in the food industry for nearly 25 years. Outside of restaurants and directly cooking I have: \[ul\] \[… --- ## [Police Find House of Horrors With Arrest of Sovereign Citizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-find-house-of-horrors-with-arrest-of-sovereign-citizen/751595)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-find-house-of-horrors-with-arrest-of-sovereign-citizen/751595 "2016-04-17T03:48:59Z")
Did this fool honestly believe that he could simply choose not to do business with the court and go home? I suppose he also thought that he could keep his slaves if he wrote their names in red ink or something. --- ## [TV actors who have played opposite each other as regulars on more than one show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270 "2010-07-10T03:50:26Z")
The recent death of Rue McClanahan reminds me that she played opposite two different actors on three different TV shows: Rue McClanahan & Bea Arthur–Maude & The Golden Girls Rue McClanahan & Betty White–Mama’s Family &… --- ## [Meaning of "Angel of the Morning"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-angel-of-the-morning/116158)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2002, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-angel-of-the-morning/116158 "2002-06-28T07:30:43Z")
Okay, first, any cracks about my taste in music are NOT ALLOWED!!! :wink: All right, I really, REALLY love this song-the Juice Newton, version. However, I just want to analyse what it’s all about: Is the singer sayin… --- ## [Domestic violence is both funny and sexy !!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domestic-violence-is-both-funny-and-sexy/481464)
**Author:** [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domestic-violence-is-both-funny-and-sexy/481464 "2009-01-19T00:10:54Z")
Recently there was an incident of domestic violence in which one partner set the other’s hair on fire. The burn-ee went to the hospital. (cite: check Google News, “Casey Johnson”) \*\*THIS IS FUNNY !!! \*\* Actually, s… --- ## [Things that make you wonder what planet writers live on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-wonder-what-planet-writers-live-on/609115)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-wonder-what-planet-writers-live-on/609115 "2012-01-18T02:15:02Z")
Ever see a fictional work that takes place in the real world and has an element so implausible it makes you wonder if the writer is from another planet? I’m not talking about Hollywood physics in an action film or thing… --- ## [The First six months under Trump, economically speaking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-six-months-under-trump-economically-speaking/792836)
**Author:** [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-six-months-under-trump-economically-speaking/792836 "2017-08-13T20:41:12Z")
Unemployment at its lowest rate in 16 years. Down from 4.8% in January to 4.3 % in July. The Dow is at 22,092 and climbing. If the corporate tax rate is cut ( USA 2nd highest among first world nations ), an economic… --- ## [Favorite internet pics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-internet-pics/438448)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-internet-pics/438448 "2008-03-08T19:56:29Z")
Like the Favorite YouTube Videos, but pics. --- ## [Hey Junior, go to hell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-junior-go-to-hell/843187)
**Author:** [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-junior-go-to-hell/843187 "2019-11-21T15:44:33Z")
Fuck you. Fuck you, in the asshole, with a saguaro cactus, followed by some iodine and a good salting. And then another cactus. And more salt. Fuck you. Fuck you, fuck your family, fuck anyone that looks like you… --- ## [Memorable characters in TV ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-characters-in-tv-ads/468514)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-characters-in-tv-ads/468514 "2009-02-02T13:31:41Z")
A couple of milfs to start us out: The pathological liar Glade scents lady. The AT&T Rollover minutes mom. --- ## [Eat it Hillary!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-it-hillary/432239)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-it-hillary/432239 "2008-01-11T04:39:17Z")
I’m a liberal, sometimes I call myself a Democrat and sometimes independent, and I hope HRC is off in a corner trying to wash out the taste of bile in her throat. She’s been riding Bill’s coattails for years, even when … --- ## [Hey, did you know...Oh, you've heard that 1,000,000 times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625 "2011-11-27T14:41:30Z")
There are plenty of pieces of information that I hear told over and over again, and each time the person saying it apparently seems to think that what they’re saying isn’t well known. For example, one I hear all the tim… --- ## [What is the human eqivalent of catnip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-human-eqivalent-of-catnip/161169)
**Author:** [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-human-eqivalent-of-catnip/161169 "2003-03-13T22:22:41Z")
Since it’s green and leafy, most people seem to associate catnip with marijuana. However, when I feed some to my cat he runs around in circles, rolls on the floor, and licks himself in odd places, rather than, say, raid… --- ## [Nations With Official (or Unofficial) Theocratic Tendencies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nations-with-official-or-unofficial-theocratic-tendencies/507921)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nations-with-official-or-unofficial-theocratic-tendencies/507921 "2009-09-02T00:42:22Z")
What are some nations that aren’t strictly theocracies (and FTR, wikipedia only lists two: Iran and Vatican City), but in which the church (or whatever) plays a not-insignificant role in government? I’ll posit two: I… --- ## [L.A. Cold/Spine OctDoper Fest -- The Aftermath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-cold-spine-octdoper-fest-the-aftermath/88684)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-cold-spine-octdoper-fest-the-aftermath/88684 "2001-11-01T02:24:16Z")
Whoo-whee! How many were there? Sixty? Seventy? It was a hootenanny! We used El Torito on the Redondo Beach pier again. Seems like it’s the only place big enough to hold everyone! I’ll post more later, but for now I’ll… --- ## [Of delusional believers and naive positivist scientism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-delusional-believers-and-naive-positivist-scientism/507529)
**Author:** [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-delusional-believers-and-naive-positivist-scientism/507529 "2009-08-29T03:25:51Z")
While the two topics for this OP appear in unrelated threads I thought they were pretty much the opposites of one another – pending further definition from mswas on the latter. Since we were asked by the OP in the first… --- ## [So I'm not going to my senior prom, any chance I'll regret it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-not-going-to-my-senior-prom-any-chance-ill-regret-it/443245)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-not-going-to-my-senior-prom-any-chance-ill-regret-it/443245 "2008-04-02T22:34:10Z")
So my senior prom is coming up sometime soon. To be honest I never paid much attention to know when is it, for all I know it was last night and I already missed it (okay, that’s a lie I at least know it hasn’t happened y… --- ## [And now we've given up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-weve-given-up/943792)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-weve-given-up/943792 "2021-08-06T02:08:11Z")
Eradication of COVID-19 not to be expected in US. I’m not sure if this is paywalled, if it is, let me know and I’ll snip more. “We as a country are willing to tolerate a certain level of risk and still go about a normal… --- ## [Was Socrates a pedophile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-socrates-a-pedophile/139042)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-socrates-a-pedophile/139042 "2002-11-27T17:55:15Z")
one hears of socrates committing suicide for i forget what and also for “corrupting the youth of athens”. was this because he was a bit of a fly in the ointment or because his corrupting them had more to do with pederas… --- ## [How does freon work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-freon-work/218689)
**Author:** [@Jodocus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodocus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-freon-work/218689 "2003-12-15T14:03:57Z")
I am curious as to what makes freon good for air conditioning systems. I have read that it heats up nicely when compressed and cools off nicely when it expands, or is it the other way around? I want to know what is happ… --- ## [Should I read Dostoevsky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-read-dostoevsky/545745)
**Author:** [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-read-dostoevsky/545745 "2017-11-17T03:31:34Z")
I keep hearing good things about The Brothers Karamazov, and the summary of The Idiot sounded kind of intriguing. Not to mention he’s one of the most famous and oft-mentioned Russian writers. Since I keep coming across… --- ## [what inanimate objects do you hate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-inanimate-objects-do-you-hate/647644 "2013-01-23T22:57:12Z")
I hate my smoke detector, with a passion. It goes off whenever I cook, forcing me to replace it numerous times and now to leave it sitting on my counter so I can cook in peace. Hate it, hate it, hate it. Also my GPS dev… --- ## [Bank teller told me if a store keeps a counterfeit bill they "don't have to report the loss." Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-teller-told-me-if-a-store-keeps-a-counterfeit-bill-they-dont-have-to-report-the-loss-huh/633322)
**Author:** [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-teller-told-me-if-a-store-keeps-a-counterfeit-bill-they-dont-have-to-report-the-loss-huh/633322 "2012-09-09T15:48:11Z")
I handle the banking for the store that I work at. Despite taking precautions, a counterfeit bill slips through the cracks every once in a while. They’re almost always discovered when I go to the bank to make a deposit. … --- ## [How Bad Was Claudine Gay's Plagiarism? \[She resigned, Jan 2, 2024\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-was-claudine-gays-plagiarism-she-resigned-jan-2-2024/994945)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-was-claudine-gays-plagiarism-she-resigned-jan-2-2024/994945 "2024-01-13T00:48:12Z")
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/20/business/harvard-president-claudine-gay-plagiarism/index.html Yeah, yeah, I know it’s all politically motivated, but objectively, I’m having trouble figuring out how far over the line she … --- ## [Who is the very best and very worst comedian of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-very-best-and-very-worst-comedian-of-all-time/846612)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-very-best-and-very-worst-comedian-of-all-time/846612 "2020-01-26T16:25:19Z")
I got to watching some Youtube clips of Don Rickles yesterday and I’ve never LOL’d so hard or so long. I would guess most people might think that Robin Williams was the funniest person ever. But he is almost entirely cer… --- ## [Rape is a crime of power, not sex. ALWAYS true?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-is-a-crime-of-power-not-sex-always-true/353106)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-is-a-crime-of-power-not-sex-always-true/353106 "2015-06-02T18:33:02Z")
Walking down the hallway of a college dorm the other day, I saw an elaborate poster presentation on sexual assault. One section of the poster featured “myths about sexual assault” - there were folded pieces of paper that… --- ## [do white people use washcloths?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-white-people-use-washcloths/330320)
**Author:** [@onehitterquitter7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onehitterquitter7)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-white-people-use-washcloths/330320 "2005-11-16T18:58:29Z")
ok im a white non-washclother hand latherer and what prompts this question is a chapelle show skit: The “Trading Spouses” sketch puts a white man with a black family and vice versa. “I learned that we’re all basically … --- ## [What is the best bumper sticker you've ever read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-bumper-sticker-youve-ever-read/342984)
**Author:** [@Intrepid\_Pencil\_Pusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intrepid_Pencil_Pusher)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2006, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-bumper-sticker-youve-ever-read/342984 "2006-02-27T05:45:30Z")
I travel a great deal and to keep from sheer boredom - - will look for interesting bumper stickers. The ones I’ve seen lately are: Be nice to me, I puke easily Jesus loves you, but I’m his favorite. What bumper stic… --- ## [Are current PC chess programs powerful enough to beat the Deep Blue program that beat Kasparov in 97](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-current-pc-chess-programs-powerful-enough-to-beat-the-deep-blue-program-that-beat-kasparov-in-97/677860)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-current-pc-chess-programs-powerful-enough-to-beat-the-deep-blue-program-that-beat-kasparov-in-97/677860 "2014-11-25T13:05:24Z")
Just curious if a powerful home PC and chess program are a match for the 1997 version of IBM’s Deep Blue that beat Kasparov? --- ## [Gruesome pre-modern civilisations, and rule through terror](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruesome-pre-modern-civilisations-and-rule-through-terror/627554)
**Author:** [@Toffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toffe)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruesome-pre-modern-civilisations-and-rule-through-terror/627554 "2012-07-23T07:05:25Z")
Inspired by reading a Cracked list of gruesome civilisations, I’d like to read more about brutality and especially “rule through terror” in pre-modern (say pre-1850) civilisations – for example, the Aztecs and their fasc… --- ## [Will Voyager 1 ever find its way in the Smithsonian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-voyager-1-ever-find-its-way-in-the-smithsonian/605425)
**Author:** [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-voyager-1-ever-find-its-way-in-the-smithsonian/605425 "2011-12-11T01:21:15Z")
Voyager 1 has been in the news lately. It’s ~120 astronomical units from here and moving away at about 38,000 MPH, soon to leave the solar system. Here is my question (and not really a great debate perhaps). What are… --- ## [Montgomery County, MD Judge Calls Math "Bizarre" or My Morning in Traffic Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montgomery-county-md-judge-calls-math-bizarre-or-my-morning-in-traffic-court/610408)
**Author:** [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montgomery-county-md-judge-calls-math-bizarre-or-my-morning-in-traffic-court/610408 "2012-02-01T19:29:57Z")
I recently received two speed camera citations, both from a unit positioned very close to my office. These cameras have been sprouting like weeds in MD; in fact, I used to pass several cameras daily on my work commute.… --- ## [Woman arrested for driving w/Ontario license in Georgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-arrested-for-driving-w-ontario-license-in-georgia/813755)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-arrested-for-driving-w-ontario-license-in-georgia/813755 "2018-05-14T15:24:13Z")
Unbelievable! Ontario woman arrested, jailed in U.S. for driving with a Canadian licence Driving with a valid Ontario license is of course legal in all states and provinces. What the hell did the idiot cop think this … --- ## [Dear Cynic a'la Diogenes \[why one woman is voting for McCain\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cynic-ala-diogenes-why-one-woman-is-voting-for-mccain/463845)
**Author:** [@pinkyvee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkyvee)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cynic-ala-diogenes-why-one-woman-is-voting-for-mccain/463845 "2008-09-18T03:11:57Z")
YES! You are so correct. I am a registered Dem. I voted for Obama - not Hilary - in the primary. And then… after our primary … I watch Hilary get smeared by viceous attack dogs ~~\>\*\* DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL\*\* attack dog… --- ## [Heroes S4- “Redemption” (Five Years Gone yet?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-s4-redemption-five-years-gone-yet/510946)
**Author:** [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-s4-redemption-five-years-gone-yet/510946 "2009-09-28T14:44:57Z")
Welcome back to season 4 of Heroes tonight- TV’s best collection of characters with awesome abilities and the sense God gave those armadillos who play in traffic. Heroes is now on at 8pm, so that probably means fewer hea… --- ## [Were The Beatles better after they started taking drugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-beatles-better-after-they-started-taking-drugs/621928)
**Author:** [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-beatles-better-after-they-started-taking-drugs/621928 "2012-05-20T01:07:42Z")
What, if anything, is the correlation between illicit drug use and artistic/musical creativity? It has frequently been suggested that, in particular, hallucinagenic drugs are potentially ‘mind expanding’. Is there any tr… --- ## [New video (hip-hop) from Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-video-hip-hop-from-childish-gambino-aka-donald-glover/813811)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-video-hip-hop-from-childish-gambino-aka-donald-glover/813811 "2018-05-19T02:23:31Z")
I can’t stop watching it. The message, highlighting the violence inherent in our media and culture, is powerful, but it’s Glover himself that I find so compelling – his dancing, his eyes, his facial expres… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=722&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=724&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)