# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=73&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:** 74 --- ## [How do you really feel about the trends in homes - granite counters, open concept, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-really-feel-about-the-trends-in-homes-granite-counters-open-concept-etc/609709)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-really-feel-about-the-trends-in-homes-granite-counters-open-concept-etc/609709 "2012-11-04T05:54:57Z")
I like to watch real estate porn on tv, and I’m getting really tired of hearing, over and over again, “I have to have granite countertops! It has to have an open concept! I can’t buy this house if it doesn’t have crown m… --- ## [Game of Thrones 6.03 "Oathbreaker" 5/8/2016 \[Show discussion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-03-oathbreaker-5-8-2016-show-discussion/754345)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 354\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-03-oathbreaker-5-8-2016-show-discussion/754345 "2016-05-14T18:21:16Z")
6.01 The Red Woman 6.02 Home The books do not exist in this thread. This is the thread for open discussion about the books and show. One thing I’d like to suggest - if something comes from the previews or future epis… --- ## [Can I Get Out Of The Military??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-out-of-the-military/618897)
**Author:** [@jampaintball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jampaintball)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-out-of-the-military/618897 "2013-05-09T20:44:21Z")
Ok so I tried doing research on my own but everything that came up was a few years old. I recently joined the USAF after not getting accepted into college and thinking it was my only option, well as you probably guessed … --- ## [Talk Me Down: My Daughter is in Boot Camp and I'm Worried](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-down-my-daughter-is-in-boot-camp-and-im-worried/739723)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-down-my-daughter-is-in-boot-camp-and-im-worried/739723 "2016-03-01T15:56:31Z")
Ivygirl had been spinning her wheels and on her own decided to join the Army. She started boot camp last Tuesday, 12/1. She’s been able to call home twice, once to let us know her mailing address (if anyone wants to dr… --- ## [The "insurrectionary theory" of the Second Amendment is nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insurrectionary-theory-of-the-second-amendment-is-nonsense/669597)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insurrectionary-theory-of-the-second-amendment-is-nonsense/669597 "2014-01-22T20:10:33Z")
Every time there’s a guns-related thread, it seems, someone will post something to the effect that the purpose, or a purpose, of the Second Amendment is to allow the people to have guns to “keep the government honest,” o… --- ## [Dec the Halls with Rants and Howling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-the-halls-with-rants-and-howling/739049)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dec-the-halls-with-rants-and-howling/739049 "2016-01-05T21:13:56Z")
Dec the halls with rants and howling, Fuss and piss and moan, and gripe and kvetch! Nothing beats some high-test growling, When you wanna vent at some damn wretch If you’re pressed to give a reason (“Why are you Ta… --- ## [The ethics of force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-force-feeding-prisoners-on-hunger-strike/713039)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2015, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-force-feeding-prisoners-on-hunger-strike/713039 "2015-04-28T07:57:02Z")
I was planning to write a long post but then figured it would be best to lay it out in several short bullet points: Some people have denounced the force-feeding of prisoners who are on hunger strike, calling it torture… --- ## [Couch-to-5K: Anyone with me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couch-to-5k-anyone-with-me/499089)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 463\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couch-to-5k-anyone-with-me/499089 "2009-11-28T16:14:41Z")
First things first: Couch to 5K is a program designed to get you from being a couch potato, to running 5K, in 9 weeks. I have decided to do it mostly because I am trying to become fit, it costs nothing apart from the pr… --- ## [Is Algebra Necessary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-algebra-necessary/629767)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-algebra-necessary/629767 "2012-08-27T23:25:42Z")
Andrew Hacker thinks that it is not (nytimes). We’ve had this conversation before, but I don’t recall any cogent external links, so why not have it again? In essence, “Making mathematics mandatory prevents us from discov… --- ## [Sexual fantasies/fetishes that you would never carry out in real life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-fantasies-fetishes-that-you-would-never-carry-out-in-real-life/655061)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-fantasies-fetishes-that-you-would-never-carry-out-in-real-life/655061 "2015-09-18T18:02:05Z")
I was just thinking about this based on some other sexual fetish threads we’ve had, and most people seem to have fetishes based on things that they see or do in real life. That is, their fetishes and fantasies are part o… --- ## ["You have a strong personality" What does this mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-strong-personality-what-does-this-mean/687545)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-strong-personality-what-does-this-mean/687545 "2016-03-21T11:31:00Z")
Someone tells you that you have a strong personality. What does it mean? Another way of saying “you’re an asshole”? Is it an insult? Compliment? A little of both? --- ## [What discontinued items do you miss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434 "2015-02-20T01:18:04Z")
There was a chapstick lip balm product called “naturals” that I thought was the best. One day my store no longer carried it. Searched around and discovered it was discontinued. Apparently not many other people liked i… --- ## [Hamas attacks Israel, October 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-attacks-israel-october-2023/991234)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 569\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-attacks-israel-october-2023/991234 "2024-10-22T13:01:46Z")
Hamas claims to have captured some soldiers. From the article: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “we are at war, and we will win it” as the country’s air force began striking Hamas targets in Gaza on Sat… --- ## [Dear Wiccans: get over yourselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-wiccans-get-over-yourselves/499968)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-wiccans-get-over-yourselves/499968 "2009-06-30T16:33:39Z")
\[Rant about cute but pretentious girls\] This is perhaps very unfortunate… for you. You are not the first people to be called witches, and have nothing to do with actual, historical witchcraft, either. Your religion, and… --- ## [New show: Forever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-show-forever/699864)
**Author:** [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-show-forever/699864 "2017-06-11T10:51:38Z")
OK, I loved Highlander. I liked New Amsterdam. I’ve only seen the commercial for this show. Anyone seen it? Do I need another Immortal living through the ages show? Have I been-there-done-that? or is there something… --- ## [Butt-wiping: What is the proper technique for hairy guys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-wiping-what-is-the-proper-technique-for-hairy-guys/224957)
**Author:** [@Cyrokk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyrokk)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-wiping-what-is-the-proper-technique-for-hairy-guys/224957 "2016-05-28T20:41:22Z")
For those of us with too much hair below the belt, front to back wiping seems to be a really bad idea: you are spreading some of that waste to the hair inside the back of your cheeks. As Adam Corolla once so eleoquently … --- ## [It's upsetting when other whites reveal their racism to me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-upsetting-when-other-whites-reveal-their-racism-to-me/616307)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-upsetting-when-other-whites-reveal-their-racism-to-me/616307 "2012-04-04T09:28:13Z")
My company hired around a dozen temps from an agency to do some data entry. They showed up this morning. I set up the workstations for them yesterday so I have an interest in how things are going. So a few minutes ago I… --- ## [Mafia Watch-Along Thread - NO SPOILERS! \[FORBIDDEN TO LIVE PLAYERS\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-watch-along-thread-no-spoilers-forbidden-to-live-players/725379)
**Author:** [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Replies:** 543\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-watch-along-thread-no-spoilers-forbidden-to-live-players/725379 "2015-10-20T18:13:32Z")
storyteller0910 has created a new Mafia game in this thread. This here is the companion thread for unspoilered discussion of the action. Needless to say (but I will say it anyway), this thread is for non-participants i… --- ## [Posting styles you hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 293\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-styles-you-hate/601999 "2011-12-22T07:42:25Z")
I thought about putting this in MPSIMS because I don’t want to single any specific posters out, but maybe this works better in the pit. First, I can not stand when somebody quotes a multi-paragraph OP or post and then a… --- ## [Mafia REUNION observation and comments ie the FORBIDDEN THREAD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-observation-and-comments-ie-the-forbidden-thread/776439)
**Author:** [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Replies:** 409\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-observation-and-comments-ie-the-forbidden-thread/776439 "2017-04-04T19:04:39Z")
Active players KEEP OUT. If you are not playing. Welcome! Im not sure who you are because I’m pretty sure everyone even vaguely interested in mafia games made it into this one. But welcome all the same. Popcorn is i… --- ## [Cyberpunk 2077 release discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyberpunk-2077-release-discussion/927721)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 907\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyberpunk-2077-release-discussion/927721 "2024-12-14T22:52:09Z")
I don’t know if we should start a new Cyberpunk 2077 thread for comments on the game but I’ll go with this for now: I started playing about two hours ago and I am still barely into the tutorial mission. Not because it … --- ## [Ask the 35 Year Old who has for a year now (and counting) been Dating a Teenager](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-35-year-old-who-has-for-a-year-now-and-counting-been-dating-a-teenager/550547)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-35-year-old-who-has-for-a-year-now-and-counting-been-dating-a-teenager/550547 "2014-07-05T20:48:33Z")
My first “Ask the” Thread. My girlfriend and I had our first date just over a year ago, we had an anniversary date last week. On our first date I was 34 1/2 and she was 18 1/2. Anyone have an “Ask the” question? --- ## [Flo, The Progressive Insurance Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-the-progressive-insurance-chick/492856)
**Author:** [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2009, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flo-the-progressive-insurance-chick/492856 "2009-10-18T10:48:48Z")
What is it about the Progressive girl Flo that makes me and many others say? “I dont know what it is about the progressive girl” What is so evasive about her attractiveness? --- ## [The Ski Thread - who's up for it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ski-thread-whos-up-for-it/773941)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ski-thread-whos-up-for-it/773941 "2018-08-22T12:43:32Z")
Very excited. Off to the slopes in a couple of weeks. We’re driving over to Austria from the UK to spend xmas and the New Year on a freezing mountain with the promise of terrifying speed, big food, hot saunas and massiv… --- ## [Moderators seem biased \[Moved to the Pit for continued inter-poster bickering\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-seem-biased-moved-to-the-pit-for-continued-inter-poster-bickering/541820)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-seem-biased-moved-to-the-pit-for-continued-inter-poster-bickering/541820 "2010-06-07T23:25:11Z")
I was told this is the proper forum to complain about bad moderating. In post 743 of this thread. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=564574&page=15 I have noticed in several threads that mods moderat… --- ## [I pit.... DrFidelius!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 361\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916 "2016-04-14T01:44:04Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19199415&postcount=7 Normal people say keep eating your vegetables so that you don’t get to hungry. Some vegetables have virtually no calories. I agree that I would l… --- ## [Far Side favorites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/far-side-favorites/317655)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/far-side-favorites/317655 "2005-09-25T20:06:13Z")
My favorite: A dance studio. A bunch of cats are paired up, dancing. Two dogs are dancing together. The caption: “Police later reported that the two dogs just waltzed in, grabbed the cat, and waltzed out.” --- ## [Another Worthless Celebrity Anti-Vaxer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-worthless-celebrity-anti-vaxer/683734)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-worthless-celebrity-anti-vaxer/683734 "2014-04-19T00:14:01Z")
Kristin Cavallari is the latest celebrity anti-vax mom Incapable of reasoned research into vacine safety. Just another fucking way to get her ego stuffed into the headlines. I don’t see it happening but these ----ers s… --- ## [Teenage girl, IRL meeting with internet "love".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girl-irl-meeting-with-internet-love/505063)
**Author:** [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-girl-irl-meeting-with-internet-love/505063 "2009-10-15T00:58:21Z")
My granddaughter is age 17 and recently graduated from high school. Among other things, she’s one of the lights of my life. We’ve been best buddies since she was a toddler. This girl is no stranger to boys, she’s been p… --- ## [What exactly are considered "Fuck me pumps"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-are-considered-fuck-me-pumps/620342)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-are-considered-fuck-me-pumps/620342 "2017-05-26T01:20:06Z")
A female friend and I were talking the other day and she used the term “fuck me pumps” in describing the shoes of another woman’s party attire. "Oh … you mean “hooker heels” I said. “No” she said … “hooker heels are gen… --- ## [The incredible nerve of Walmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-nerve-of-walmart/674220)
**Author:** [@dataguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dataguy)\ **Replies:** 287\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-nerve-of-walmart/674220 "2013-11-29T22:57:12Z")
I’ve read several articles like this oneabout Walmart collecting food donations for employees recently. I don’t shop at Walmart because of their history of poor treatment of their employees. When I read this, it struck… --- ## [Racist is not an insult when a person is a racist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-is-not-an-insult-when-a-person-is-a-racist/734241)
**Author:** [@Inbred\_Mm\_domesticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inbred_Mm_domesticus)\ **Replies:** 507\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-is-not-an-insult-when-a-person-is-a-racist/734241 "2015-10-19T20:12:31Z")
A person who believes in the inherent inferiority of one race versus another is a racist. It is not an insult, it is just a simple fact of definition. Yet I received a warning for telling Chief Pedant he is a racist. I… --- ## [What are the arguments against Medicare for all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-arguments-against-medicare-for-all/816997)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 520\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-arguments-against-medicare-for-all/816997 "2018-11-07T17:48:25Z")
Please PLEASE don’t jump in with rantings. I’m not going to read rantings. I’d like to know, preferably from liberals, even, what the strongest arguments against it are. What do I need to consider before I say I’m for it… --- ## [Have conservatives historically most often been on the wrong side of history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-conservatives-historically-most-often-been-on-the-wrong-side-of-history/627507)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-conservatives-historically-most-often-been-on-the-wrong-side-of-history/627507 "2012-07-12T00:25:15Z")
Abolishment of slavery, women’s right to vote, women’s rights in general, minority rights, interracial marriages, etc, were all things that, if you were a social conservative of the day, you would not have liked to see h… --- ## [Annie-Xmas, I can think of a word that fits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annie-xmas-i-can-think-of-a-word-that-fits/791000)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 438\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annie-xmas-i-can-think-of-a-word-that-fits/791000 "2017-07-18T16:19:41Z")
Mentally calling someone a nigger doesn’t somehow make you better than if you say it out loud. The word that fits is “racism.” And no, I don’t walk around thinking people are niggers. I recognize that racists thi… --- ## [What is Diogenes the Cynic's Condition Called](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709)
**Author:** [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Replies:** 384\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-diogenes-the-cynics-condition-called/571709 "2011-02-26T06:17:08Z")
He/She doesn’t appear to be entirely mentally retarded because some posts are normal. But the lack of logic shown in this thread makes me wonder what’s going on. Is anyone able to identify the condition that makes it … --- ## [Chick-Fil-A President comes out swinging against gay marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chick-fil-a-president-comes-out-swinging-against-gay-marriage/628689 "2012-09-20T15:19:30Z")
Can’t see this ending well for them. Dan Cathy, Chick-Fil-A President, On Anti-Gay Stance: ‘Guilty As Charged’ --- ## [How to kill a suffering deer humanely, without a gun? \[graphic images warning\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-a-suffering-deer-humanely-without-a-gun-graphic-images-warning/544491)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-kill-a-suffering-deer-humanely-without-a-gun-graphic-images-warning/544491 "2010-06-29T02:18:03Z")
Last night a deer who has been hit by a car somehow got into my lower field - I’ve got several acres of fenced in land and this small yearling mule deer was found by wonder dog last evening. I went down and tended her an… --- ## [Signs you may be in the ghetto...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-in-the-ghetto/673911)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-in-the-ghetto/673911 "2026-09-21T15:11:38Z")
A few observations I’ve made while exploring around my new neighborhood: You can buy alcohol in almost any store, no matter what else they sell. A free-standing department store, where there used to be an entire mall. … --- ## [Old bicycling photo - "real" or staged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bicycling-photo-real-or-staged/536828)
**Author:** [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bicycling-photo-real-or-staged/536828 "2010-05-02T00:36:25Z")
On another message board I frequent, the topic of this photograph came up. It shows 4 people riding around in a tiny circular track, almost like a miniature velodrome. I don’t think there is any question it’s possible t… --- ## [And my budgie flock doubles in size!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-budgie-flock-doubles-in-size/773292)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-my-budgie-flock-doubles-in-size/773292 "2021-05-09T06:43:52Z")
For the last year or so my female budgie has been laying eggs. It’s dangerous for them to constantly lay eggs so about 6 months ago I figured out the combination to get her to stop laying - high quality fake eggs and a b… --- ## [The NFL doesn't make much sense to an European](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nfl-doesnt-make-much-sense-to-an-european/711855)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nfl-doesnt-make-much-sense-to-an-european/711855 "2015-02-18T13:41:04Z")
Hi. I’m from Italy, which as you know it’s in Southern Europe. A few nights ago I watched Super Bowl 2015, and curiosity drove me to an extensive research on the National Football League. My sports knowledge is limited t… --- ## [Blowing air through your urethra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowing-air-through-your-urethra/516040)
**Author:** [@Livardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Livardo)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowing-air-through-your-urethra/516040 "2010-05-14T02:02:22Z")
What would happen to me if I inserted the red straw from a “compressed gas” duster into my urethra and pressed the trigger, say, for about 5 seconds or so? I imagine it would be terribly painful, but would I suffer long… --- ## [So my kid got braces, and he's miserable...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-kid-got-braces-and-hes-miserable/664500)
**Author:** [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-kid-got-braces-and-hes-miserable/664500 "2013-07-30T20:37:28Z")
…any suggestions? He’s 8 years old, and got braces yesterday. Neither my husband or I have any experience with braces, but I have always heard they make you teeth and your jaw ache, and I’ve been told it takes a few da… --- ## [Is Windex Bad For Automotive Paint?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-windex-bad-for-automotive-paint/595856)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2011, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-windex-bad-for-automotive-paint/595856 "2011-10-13T07:18:44Z")
I bought a new car recently and touched it up between washes with Windex and a microfiber towel (mostly to remove bugs from the windshield and front bumper, and to touch up the chrome wheels). I found myself wondering i… --- ## [Top Five Brutally Bad Plotholes in Quality Movies: Let's Compile a List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-brutally-bad-plotholes-in-quality-movies-lets-compile-a-list/448548)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-brutally-bad-plotholes-in-quality-movies-lets-compile-a-list/448548 "2008-05-30T01:14:38Z")
OK, what I’m looking for here are such egregious holes that we can’t enjoy the movie anymore, and I mean a quality movie. Not obvious crap from crap. Having just watched Die Hard 2 I was inspired to start this thread. … --- ## [Fuck Kristi "Puppy Killer" Noem (descriptions of animal cruelty in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 1038\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-kristi-puppy-killer-noem-descriptions-of-animal-cruelty-in-op/1000808 "2026-07-25T23:06:39Z")
One of the leading Trump VP contenders just admitted to shooting their 14 month old dog: Noem describes calling Cricket, then using an electronic collar to attempt to bring her under control. Nothing worked. Then, on … --- ## [UL about Dinah Shore's biracial baby \[new title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ul-about-dinah-shores-biracial-baby-new-title/165667)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ul-about-dinah-shores-biracial-baby-new-title/165667 "2022-07-25T16:03:39Z")
But a search on Snopes only gives me a piece about Jim Nabors. Since the late 70’s, I’ve heard stories that Dinah Shore at one time gave birth to a mixed race baby. It’d being a scandalous thing for someone to do back … --- ## [Ladies, don't we mostly agree about bald guys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-we-mostly-agree-about-bald-guys/583685)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-dont-we-mostly-agree-about-bald-guys/583685 "2011-07-28T19:39:02Z")
Are there any women who do NOT agree that just going for it and embracing baldness with confidence by shaving it all off is far more attractive on the vast majority of men than a fringe or any other version of his trying… --- ## [What would happen if all the rich people left America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-all-the-rich-people-left-america/591304)
**Author:** [@gallan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallan)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-all-the-rich-people-left-america/591304 "2011-08-08T05:05:44Z")
My friends and I were having a healthy debate about taxes, when one of them presented this hypothetical scenario: What would happen to the American economy if anyone earning over $250,000 and living in America decided t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=72&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=74&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)