# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=75&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:** 76 --- ## [Matrix Reloaded plot discussion (Spoilers Galore, NO spoiler boxes!!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matrix-reloaded-plot-discussion-spoilers-galore-no-spoiler-boxes/175374)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 539\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matrix-reloaded-plot-discussion-spoilers-galore-no-spoiler-boxes/175374 "2003-10-27T13:38:10Z")
Ok, You’ve been warned by the topic but I will try to make it clear. This thread is ONLY for people who have ALREADY watched the movie. I could have started a thread for both those who have seen it and those who havent … --- ## [Black Swan \*Spoilers\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-swan-spoilers/562917)
**Author:** [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-swan-spoilers/562917 "2011-03-09T23:44:25Z")
Just got back from a nearly packed showing of Black Swan and it’s fantastic! Like The Wrestler (currently my favorite movie), Black Swan explores the tragic destruction of a character doing the only thing they know how. … --- ## [Resolved: Hunting is immoral.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-hunting-is-immoral/515930)
**Author:** [@Cort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cort)\ **Replies:** 287\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-hunting-is-immoral/515930 "2009-11-24T17:37:50Z")
Killing animals is immoral except in self-defence, for survival, and for reasons of population control. Discuss. --- ## [The Walking Dead; 6.16 "Last Day on Earth" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-16-last-day-on-earth-open-spoilers/751139)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-16-last-day-on-earth-open-spoilers/751139 "2016-06-24T02:06:24Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] To save one of their own, Rick’s group must venture outside the walls; their experience changes their lives forever. \[/QUOTE\] Season finale tonight; 90 minute episode and then next week we switch over to F… --- ## [Honey in coffee - hot, or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-in-coffee-hot-or-not/635708)
**Author:** [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-in-coffee-hot-or-not/635708 "2014-04-26T00:01:03Z")
Possibly a scientific question rather than artistic, but surprisingly I can’t find anything useful about it on the internet - so let’s ask the men and women of The Straight Dope, who are unusual because they aren’t the i… --- ## [Penn & Teller Bullshit: Does Teller ever talk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-teller-bullshit-does-teller-ever-talk/506796)
**Author:** [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-teller-bullshit-does-teller-ever-talk/506796 "2009-08-25T02:44:09Z")
Does he ever speak in this show? Contribute any points? What is the point of Teller in this show? --- ## [Why are butt cleaning toilet attachments not more popular in America/the west?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-butt-cleaning-toilet-attachments-not-more-popular-in-america-the-west/680727)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2014, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-butt-cleaning-toilet-attachments-not-more-popular-in-america-the-west/680727 "2014-02-26T06:30:15Z")
This is what I’m referring to. They’re little hand held shower-like attachments that are fitted next to the toilet. After you’re done with your business, you lean forward, use the attachment to direct a jet of water at y… --- ## [Unban Satan!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unban-satan/147118)
**Author:** [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Replies:** 476\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unban-satan/147118 "2003-01-13T17:16:29Z")
Please? I’m sure the staff had good reasons for taking the action they did…I’m not questioning that. But even though we didn’t agree on…well…much at all, the board lost a great asset when he left. Not many folks were ev… --- ## [Has there ever been a worse very successful singer than Mick Jagger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-worse-very-successful-singer-than-mick-jagger/519428)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-worse-very-successful-singer-than-mick-jagger/519428 "2010-07-30T19:21:05Z")
He has a range of maybe 2 notes. He varies loudness . Yet, I have liked a lot of the Stones songs. Every now and then the mono would kick on and all I could hear was his voice. I would be shocked how bad he was. Yet he h… --- ## [Top Chef Texas - Season 9 \[combined thread\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-texas-season-9-combined-thread/601702)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 312\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-texas-season-9-combined-thread/601702 "2012-03-02T23:25:27Z")
Starting right now! ::stoked:: --- ## [Dopers born before 1964 -- Master List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-born-before-1964-master-list/657321)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-born-before-1964-master-list/657321 "2013-10-10T17:58:42Z")
Using posts in the listed threads below, along with User Profiles, I am in the process of putting together a list of all Dopers over 49 years of age, using 1963 as the latest year when that is true today. Please let me… --- ## [What completely normal situations get your goat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874 "2014-05-20T19:10:54Z")
I was talking to a friend the other day who casually mentioned their fifteen year old son was getting his wisdom teeth pulled. I had an immediate outrage reaction. “WHAT?? WHY?? DON’T LET THEM DO THAT!! NOOOOOO! ARGH!” I… --- ## [SDMB Fantasy Football DYNASTY League: Year 13](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-13/946931)
**Author:** [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Replies:** 982\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-13/946931 "2022-07-16T17:53:23Z")
12 years down, can you believe it? Hopefully we have a more normal season this time around. Please be sure to read below because we have a lot of housekeeping with the changes in the NFL scheduling. League datesPreseaso… --- ## [Mr. Clothahump, if you will](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422)
**Author:** [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-clothahump-if-you-will/783422 "2017-04-22T18:47:37Z")
(Sorry. Longish.) So, in this other threada newcomer tried pitting \*\*Helena330 \*\*for being a man-hating feminazi™, while himself displaying a blatantly misogynous attitude and insisting that women-hating comic book vill… --- ## [The Pentagon is tracking a Chinese spy balloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pentagon-is-tracking-a-chinese-spy-balloon/979228)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 846\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pentagon-is-tracking-a-chinese-spy-balloon/979228 "2023-07-02T21:38:34Z")
There’s a Chinese spy balloon floating over the northern US. --- ## [Poll: Is It Okay To Wear Sweatpants In Public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-okay-to-wear-sweatpants-in-public/484936)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-it-okay-to-wear-sweatpants-in-public/484936 "2009-02-13T19:14:41Z")
This subject was alluded to in another thread as being controversial around here, but somehow I have missed seeing any threads where we’ve ever discussed it. No, I don’t need a link. We’ve rehashed controversial subjec… --- ## [Trump's Star of David tweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090)
**Author:** [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Replies:** 321\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090 "2016-07-14T21:57:29Z")
For people who haven’t heard, Saturday Trump sent out a tweet of an image of Hillary Clinton superimposed over a bunch of money and a Star of David with the message “the most corrupt candidate ever”. He would very quickl… --- ## [R.I.P. Sopranos - 06/10/07 (Open SPOILERS after post #12)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-sopranos-06-10-07-open-spoilers-after-post-12/407509)
**Author:** [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Replies:** 425\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-sopranos-06-10-07-open-spoilers-after-post-12/407509 "2007-07-20T17:45:56Z")
R.I.P. Carmela (predicting she’ll get killed in the war & Tony will lam it 'cause he’ll lose his will to stick around). R.I.P. Phil (‘cause you just need killin’ - 'nuf said, you giant-sized petri dish of ebola). Discu… --- ## [Why does every damn social meeting have to involve the whole fucking family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-damn-social-meeting-have-to-involve-the-whole-fucking-family/592236)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-damn-social-meeting-have-to-involve-the-whole-fucking-family/592236 "2011-08-23T20:37:10Z")
I’m fucking sick and tired of my guy friends – some of whom I have known for 30 years or more – having to include their wives/girlfriends/children in any kind of social occasion. Dudes, there hasn’t been one day in the … --- ## [What causes a car brake pedal to "sink"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-car-brake-pedal-to-sink/663937)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-a-car-brake-pedal-to-sink/663937 "2013-07-26T15:41:25Z")
Sometimes, while I’m stepping on the foot brake, I feel it “soften” and sink towards the floor. When learning to drive I thought it was the instructor stepping on his brake (the front passenger seat in learner cars have … --- ## [...the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-50th-anniversary-thread/650485)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-50th-anniversary-thread/650485 "2013-12-01T00:19:49Z")
…this year marks the 50th anniversary since the first broadcast of Doctor Who, and there are all sorts of things that the BBC have planned for this year! So I thought I’d start a thread so we can keep track of things… B… --- ## [I pit pushy drinkers. That's all of you (in my experience)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-pushy-drinkers-thats-all-of-you-in-my-experience/521492)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 437\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-pushy-drinkers-thats-all-of-you-in-my-experience/521492 "2009-12-30T21:29:46Z")
It never fails that with 100% certainty, anytime the subject of drinking is brought up that attention turns to me. You see, I’m in my late 20’s, but unlike most people, I don’t drink. It’s not a religious thing (and th… --- ## [Penn and Teller: Fool Us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-and-teller-fool-us/567362)
**Author:** [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-and-teller-fool-us/567362 "2011-01-22T04:03:12Z")
Did anyone else catch this? A neat little BBC special hosted by Jonathan Ross, it’s sort of like American Idol meets Penn and Teller. A number of magicians were invited to perform for Penn and Teller, with the promise th… --- ## [Cosmos: A Waste of Spacetime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmos-a-waste-of-spacetime/683324)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmos-a-waste-of-spacetime/683324 "2014-03-26T01:01:48Z")
I knew I shouldn’t get my hopes up for the remake of Sagan’s extraordinarily great and thoughtful series, but even so, I never expected it to be \*this \*poor! :smack: I’ll repeat what I wrote in another post: What really… --- ## [Why does reverse thrust work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-reverse-thrust-work/646758)
**Author:** [@virtually\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/virtually_yours)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-reverse-thrust-work/646758 "2013-01-25T18:50:28Z")
Hi. The engine pushes and the fan pulls through the air then you reverse the flow,wouldn’t that be an equaling effect? or less power for the reverse due to the turning and not full directional control? I know it works so… --- ## [what does "pussy" mean in the expression, "Hey man, you're a pussy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pussy-mean-in-the-expression-hey-man-youre-a-pussy/302926)
**Author:** [@monkeyfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeyfist)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-pussy-mean-in-the-expression-hey-man-youre-a-pussy/302926 "2016-08-14T17:58:35Z")
I was thinking about this the other day, and it seems to me that in the expression, “don’t be a pussy,” one could either be implying that the intended target of said barb is behaving like a pussy cat, i.e. a scaredy cat … --- ## [An Independent Scotland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-independent-scotland/637871)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-independent-scotland/637871 "2014-01-26T02:24:30Z")
Stirring stuff indeed! Well I will say one thing, this Tory/Liberal coalition has been more radical in the last couple of years than the Labour Party has been since the introduction of the welfare state. Referendums … --- ## ["Sanctuary cities" and federal laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanctuary-cities-and-federal-laws/792327)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 450\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanctuary-cities-and-federal-laws/792327 "2018-01-02T20:03:13Z")
Title 8 U.S. Code § 1324 “…any person who… knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detecti… --- ## [Travel ban: Oh for two](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-ban-oh-for-two/782281)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-ban-oh-for-two/782281 "2018-06-28T06:22:16Z")
Sorry Donny…no travel ban for you… http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/15/politics/travel-ban-blocked/index.html I actually caught the first few seconds of the video before I paused it. I laughed out loud when I saw the headli… --- ## [What isn't the matter with Kansas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-isnt-the-matter-with-kansas/704398)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-isnt-the-matter-with-kansas/704398 "2017-07-28T18:36:57Z")
Lately certain folks have been writing a lot about the state of Kansas. The narrative seems to go like this: Republican Governor Sam Brownback, elected in 2010, pushed through a conservative agenda, of which sizable tax… --- ## [Deceptively easy math word problems for high school kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-easy-math-word-problems-for-high-school-kids/611563)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deceptively-easy-math-word-problems-for-high-school-kids/611563 "2012-03-22T16:58:18Z")
Anyone know any tricky word problems that a high school kid could be easily fooled by? I’m not looking for difficult math, but rather problems where the wording misleads the student. For example, this one gets a surpris… --- ## [Trump bans CNN and NYT from press briefing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-cnn-and-nyt-from-press-briefing/780673)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bans-cnn-and-nyt-from-press-briefing/780673 "2017-05-04T01:49:37Z")
https://www.google.com/amp/www.refinery29.com/amp/2017/02/142579/trump-ban-media-outlets-new-york-times-cnn-press-gaggle Trump keeps outdoing himself with his actions. I don’t see this whole “the press is an enemy of th… --- ## [xtisme, come on down, you muppet!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtisme-come-on-down-you-muppet/542300)
**Author:** [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Replies:** 487\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xtisme-come-on-down-you-muppet/542300 "2010-06-14T17:56:11Z")
Okay, smart arse, here I am to be schooled by you on ufo’s. But first, I suggest you acquire a copy of the book UFO’s and the National Security State. vol1. by Richard M. Dolan. Unless you are prepared to read this book… --- ## [How to keep tubes of super glue from drying up after one use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tubes-of-super-glue-from-drying-up-after-one-use/525855)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-tubes-of-super-glue-from-drying-up-after-one-use/525855 "2014-12-05T23:29:54Z")
I love using super glue for fixing things, but it seems like I can never get more than one use out of the tube. Either the glue in the tube will dry out or else the cap will be permanently glued to the tube. Is there a… --- ## [Russian military's use of Lignostone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-militarys-use-of-lignostone/265762)
**Author:** [@jmeyers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmeyers)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-militarys-use-of-lignostone/265762 "2017-06-05T16:32:27Z")
Lignostone is a composite material of laminated wood and synthetic epoxy. I believe it is manufactured in the Netherlands. There has been a rumor going around among fundamentalist Christians that Russia has been using th… --- ## [Is it wrong to use paid "sick days" as vacation days from work when not sick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-use-paid-sick-days-as-vacation-days-from-work-when-not-sick/584718)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wrong-to-use-paid-sick-days-as-vacation-days-from-work-when-not-sick/584718 "2011-06-15T04:20:40Z")
I recently started a shiny new corporate job, which incidentally is the first time I’ve been paid on salary and not by the hour (yay!). The company handbook allows for some mandated holidays (like Christmas, Labor Day, e… --- ## [Who's the sexiest cartoon character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-sexiest-cartoon-character/561123)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-sexiest-cartoon-character/561123 "2010-11-24T01:54:19Z")
And let’s skip the obvious Jessica Rabbit. I think it has to be Betty Boop, but Lois Griffin is right up there. --- ## [How long does it take for a wasp to starve to death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-a-wasp-to-starve-to-death/168750)
**Author:** [@The\_Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tim)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-a-wasp-to-starve-to-death/168750 "2018-08-03T15:12:17Z")
Right now instead of doing my thesis I’m looking at the very angry wasp stuck between my window and my screen. Part of me wants to open the window and run like hell to let the angry bastard out. The other part of me wa… --- ## [USS Nimitz vs the Japanese fleet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-nimitz-vs-the-japanese-fleet/540333)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-nimitz-vs-the-japanese-fleet/540333 "2010-06-02T20:24:53Z")
I just finished watching the movie The Final Countdown, in which the USS Nimitz is thrown back in time to Pearl Harbor just before the attack by the Japanese fleet? How much of a difference would that carrier make in the… --- ## [Mass immigration- what's to be done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-immigration-whats-to-be-done/729909)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 402\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-immigration-whats-to-be-done/729909 "2015-09-29T20:59:23Z")
So I’m reading the news about the varying European immigrant crises- one being the number of unwanted African immigrants dying in droves while trying to cross the Mediterranean in rickety boats, and the other being huge … --- ## [Straight guys who enjoy being penetrated anally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-guys-who-enjoy-being-penetrated-anally/398463)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-guys-who-enjoy-being-penetrated-anally/398463 "2024-04-06T13:24:47Z")
It’s something I sometimes read about in Penthouse Letters – a woman inserts a vibrator (sometimes a strap-on) in a man’s anus and he gets off on it. True? --- ## [When and how did Darth Vader realize Luke was his son?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-did-darth-vader-realize-luke-was-his-son/497711)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-did-darth-vader-realize-luke-was-his-son/497711 "2009-05-29T22:00:07Z")
So I was watching a bit of Star Wars this weekend and my girlfriend is like “how did Darth Vader know Luke was his son.” And unfortunately I did not have a good answer to that question. In Episode IV, Vader felt “the F… --- ## [Islam would be crushed in a war against the west](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-would-be-crushed-in-a-war-against-the-west/742916)
**Author:** [@Blinkyandpinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blinkyandpinky)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islam-would-be-crushed-in-a-war-against-the-west/742916 "2017-02-02T14:22:12Z")
I believe that Trump will win both the Republican nomination and the Presidential race by a significant margin. Trump will indeed enact various proposals such as completely shutting down Islamic immigration and visitors … --- ## [Help, I have a new job in the ER and it is making me prejudiced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-have-a-new-job-in-the-er-and-it-is-making-me-prejudiced/645506)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-have-a-new-job-in-the-er-and-it-is-making-me-prejudiced/645506 "2012-12-31T03:13:41Z")
First, my non-prejudiced white-guy bona fides: \*Some of the most influential people from my youth were black and I am friends with them to this day. \*I dated a black girl for 2 years before I married my wife. I would h… --- ## [Signs you use to assess a person's intelligence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-use-to-assess-a-persons-intelligence/588255)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-use-to-assess-a-persons-intelligence/588255 "2012-05-02T21:05:53Z")
I’m always amazed by how quickly after meeting someone one can pick up on their general level of intelligence with relatively little interaction. Likewise I’ve gotten comments about my intelligence shortly after meeting … --- ## [I Hate The Homeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-homeless/468848)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-homeless/468848 "2013-11-23T21:12:24Z")
I know since I’m on the left I’m supposed to think that the homeless are just down on their luck, but I fucking hate them. The bus I took this morning stunk of vomit. Someone shit in our store doorway - during the day - … --- ## [How many words in the average person's vocabulary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-words-in-the-average-persons-vocabulary/152638)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-words-in-the-average-persons-vocabulary/152638 "2013-02-28T23:35:34Z")
This is divided into two questions: How many words are in the average person’s vocabulary? Throughout a typical day, how many different words does an average person use? --- ## [Game of Thrones 3.06 "The Climb" 5/5/2013 No Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-06-the-climb-5-5-2013-no-spoilers/657592)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 327\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-3-06-the-climb-5-5-2013-no-spoilers/657592 "2013-05-12T19:06:46Z")
No book talk please. --- ## [Is it legal to threaten someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-threaten-someone/531936)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-threaten-someone/531936 "2010-03-12T03:18:36Z")
I just got into an argument with someone who insists forcefully that it’s perfectly legal to threaten somebody else – the exact words were “you can tell someone you’re going to kill him; you can tell him HOW you’re going… --- ## [How Do People Stand Working Assembly Lines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-stand-working-assembly-lines/536895)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-stand-working-assembly-lines/536895 "2018-03-17T06:49:29Z")
OK yesterday my temp agency in its wisdom of brilliance, decides to send me to a factory. I never worked in a factory before. Anyway my job consists of standing in front of a conveyer belt. Four bottles of ipubrofen go p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=74&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=76&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)