# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=784&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:** 785 --- ## [Is this joke offensive/morally reprehensible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-offensive-morally-reprehensible/707659)
**Author:** [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-offensive-morally-reprehensible/707659 "2014-12-24T13:05:24Z")
I received a joke via e-mail yesterday that I found offensive. I replied to the author to explain why I felt it was wrong. Before sharing my opinion on it, I would love to hear your view as to whether this is a reasona… --- ## [I Pit John Galt Wannabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-john-galt-wannabes/640295)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-john-galt-wannabes/640295 "2012-11-10T10:50:25Z")
Ugh. Normally I don’t break out the vodka on wednesday night. Especially not after my party won a major election. But this… Ugh. Now, normally I’d ignore something like this, but this isn’t an isolated event. There see… --- ## [Questions about the "psych" tests on job applications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-psych-tests-on-job-applications/689718)
**Author:** [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-psych-tests-on-job-applications/689718 "2017-06-20T23:12:19Z")
What is the deal with these tests? Some of the questions just make no sense. What are they looking for? I took notes this time, and I want to share them with you to get your input. I am job hunting again. I have decide… --- ## [Everything about Kindle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-about-kindle/591385)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everything-about-kindle/591385 "2011-08-20T01:57:23Z")
I know absolutely nothing at all about Kindle. Especially Kindle + this or Kindle + that, etc. I don’t even know if Kindle is what I might be interested in. I think I might be interested in a Kindle exclusively for read… --- ## [How will drones and robots change warfare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-drones-and-robots-change-warfare/497320)
**Author:** [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-drones-and-robots-change-warfare/497320 "2009-05-28T01:46:14Z")
The heavy use of drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan is perhaps the biggest innovation in warfare in the last ten years. It’s the beginning of a much more radical change where sophisticated remote-controlled or even auton… --- ## [Mindsets you just don't understand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindsets-you-just-dont-understand/330069)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindsets-you-just-dont-understand/330069 "2005-11-14T12:48:32Z")
Last night, I was thinking, for no particularly good reason, about Aztec infant sacrifice. And I thought to myself, “Now, there’s a mindset I just don’t get. How can anybody have been okay with that?” To hell with cul… --- ## [Ever met a billionaire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-a-billionaire/606785)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-met-a-billionaire/606785 "2011-12-23T03:36:22Z")
I met one yesterday. He’s worth about $3 bil. I went to a party at his house. He co-founded the software company where I work. He is in his 60s and still works but spends a lot of time on charity work, mostly… --- ## [pH Value Help - please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ph-value-help-please/517998)
**Author:** [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ph-value-help-please/517998 "2009-11-20T04:09:47Z")
Full disclosure - I am too many years out of 7th grade, and obviously dumber than a sack of rocks. I’m trying to help my son with science, and can’t understand his textbook. Just a straight question - what is the pH v… --- ## [Is The New Yorker magazine a worthy read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-yorker-magazine-a-worthy-read/537560)
**Author:** [@ClydeFontaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ClydeFontaine)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-yorker-magazine-a-worthy-read/537560 "2010-05-04T03:29:15Z")
I’ve been looking for decent literary magazines and noticed that TNY has several noted authors who submit stories to it. I picked up a copy and found many of the articles and stories interesting. Is it superior to Harp… --- ## [Name the song that cuts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-song-that-cuts/615106)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-song-that-cuts/615106 "2012-03-31T23:14:29Z")
For whatever reason. What song cuts you to the quick every time you listen to it? Could be three times back to back, or after a 3 year break? For me it’s the acoustic version of Neil Young’s " My My Hey Hey " from " Liv… --- ## [Bullshit (Teaching Skepticism in Schools)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-teaching-skepticism-in-schools/780689)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullshit-teaching-skepticism-in-schools/780689 "2017-03-14T18:59:31Z")
An article recently appeared on Sci-Am that disrobed one of the more popular internet memes as completely wrong. I mean literally no part of the original meme is at all correct. And, sadly, though I have a healthy skepti… --- ## [What's your strategy to make Trump look even worse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-strategy-to-make-trump-look-even-worse/761558)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-strategy-to-make-trump-look-even-worse/761558 "2016-09-15T05:29:12Z")
Here’s mine: Load up some hungry baby’s formula with laxative, and put the little tyke in Trumps hands while the camera’s are rolling. When the baby shits on him, he may punch out the baby, throw it across the room, or… --- ## [Neither Michael nor Debbie Related To Jackson's Kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neither-michael-nor-debbie-related-to-jacksons-kids/501552)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neither-michael-nor-debbie-related-to-jacksons-kids/501552 "2009-07-11T14:40:04Z")
This is from TMZ which broke the story of Jackson’s death. The article goes on to say the third kid of Michael Jackson, was conceived by an anonymous sperm donar and egg donar. That surrogate didn’t know she was carr… --- ## [NHL season begins Jan 13 with new divisions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2021, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-season-begins-jan-13-with-new-divisions/928521 "2021-07-08T05:39:05Z")
I didn’t see this posted anywhere else … An abbreviated 56-game NHL season begins Jan 13. Because of cross-border issues due to COVID, American teams will be organized into East, Central, and West divisions of 8 teams … --- ## [Heroes 9/24/07 - 2nd season premiere "Four Months Later..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-9-24-07-2nd-season-premiere-four-months-later/420289)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-9-24-07-2nd-season-premiere-four-months-later/420289 "2007-09-30T19:02:15Z")
Deliberately started very early to forestall any baby-talk named threads. When last we saw our heroes, Sylar was dead (or was he?!) and Peter and Nathan were exploded (or were they?!). Claire and Noah (snerk) were re-un… --- ## [The Goon phenomenon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goon-phenomenon/577574)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goon-phenomenon/577574 "2011-04-19T12:58:54Z")
The website SomethingAwful recruits members ‘Goons’ for just about every MMO out there. And interestingly enough, they all have a united platform in just about all the MMO’s they play in: Griefing. I find it rather fasc… --- ## [What movies make men cry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-make-men-cry/156026 "2003-03-19T19:33:37Z")
I’ve told this to several women and none of them get it. Maybe I’m a freak, but: I cry at the end of Rocky, every time. Rocky is so proud to have lasted the whole 15 rounds, he’s so happy that Adrian has come to see h… --- ## [How to, by the numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 287\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-by-the-numbers/445891 "2008-05-14T02:08:41Z")
Not sure whether this will work or not, but let’s try it: The idea is that you explain how to do something in ten words or less. The first person sets a challenge; the next person says how to do it in ten words or less … --- ## [How did scientists and engineers actually use slide rules, in the old days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-scientists-and-engineers-actually-use-slide-rules-in-the-old-days/729784)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-scientists-and-engineers-actually-use-slide-rules-in-the-old-days/729784 "2015-09-12T05:13:09Z")
Somebody in one of my FB groups recently posted a vintage ad for a slide rule. A number of folks posted about a parent who had been an engineer back in the day, and one or two older engineers, themselves, also commented… --- ## [Heroes 4 -'Redemption' season 2.5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-4-redemption-season-2-5/523624)
**Author:** [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-4-redemption-season-2-5/523624 "2010-05-15T02:15:37Z")
(2 hour show tonight, starting at 8pm; next week it goes back to a 9pm start) Everyone have a jolly holiday? No one at your table morphed from a beloved son into a homicidal psychopathic over the mince pie? That’s nice.… --- ## [Worst. President. Ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-president-ever/152250)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-president-ever/152250 "2003-03-07T15:26:08Z")
So says Helen Thomas, who has been a White House correspondent for 40 years and has covered eight presidents. God bless this woman. Doesn’t she have a point? She knows what she’s talking about, after all, and she has … --- ## [Please help me understand this bit from Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-understand-this-bit-from-dickens-a-christmas-carol/480777)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-understand-this-bit-from-dickens-a-christmas-carol/480777 "2009-01-11T21:14:48Z")
Scrooge is walking with the Ghost of Christmas Present. What’s that all about? I know England used to have very strict things-closing-on-Sunday blue laws, but would that really deprive the lower classes of the chance … --- ## [Movies in which the brutal, onscreen death of the villain is roundly celebrated \[spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-in-which-the-brutal-onscreen-death-of-the-villain-is-roundly-celebrated-spoilers/644418)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-in-which-the-brutal-onscreen-death-of-the-villain-is-roundly-celebrated-spoilers/644418 "2012-12-29T07:42:51Z")
Let me clarify: Often, the deaths of the villains in the movies is not very tragic or graphic. For example, Jack Nicholson’s death in the Shining is him just freezing to death (spoiler) and the death of Darth Vader is h… --- ## [Book Series with Female Protagonists - recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-series-with-female-protagonists-recommendations/630067)
**Author:** [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-series-with-female-protagonists-recommendations/630067 "2012-08-03T01:01:38Z")
I am currently reading the Janet Evanovitch series about Stephanie Plum. Link to first book I am enjoying them immensly. They require very little brainpower and I can really get into the main character because she is b… --- ## [How accurate are quick-test hemoglobin machines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-are-quick-test-hemoglobin-machines/542970)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-are-quick-test-hemoglobin-machines/542970 "2010-07-18T02:31:46Z")
Today I went to donate blood for the first time. I don’t know what type I am, but evidently they’re hard up for O and I’ve got to be A or O, plus the reason I didn’t used to do it is that I was too thin, which, um, no l… --- ## [Do fights involving martial artists EVER unfold like in the movies? Ever see one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fights-involving-martial-artists-ever-unfold-like-in-the-movies-ever-see-one/292377)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fights-involving-martial-artists-ever-unfold-like-in-the-movies-ever-see-one/292377 "2005-04-25T19:10:43Z")
Not until I saw a few professional kickboxing fights on TV back in the early 90s did I realize just how choreographed are martial arts flicks. Lord, what a sloppy disappointment. Not to say I’d last 20 seconds against S… --- ## [Just getting into Westerns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-getting-into-westerns/538249)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-getting-into-westerns/538249 "2010-05-11T19:17:31Z")
Probably as a result of the upcoming game Red Dead Redemption, I’ve given the genre another look. Previously I never really considered the genre, never saw any of the films beyond a vague awareness, viewed it as kind of … --- ## [Are we our own prisons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388 "2017-06-08T17:54:14Z")
We’re all our own prisons, we are each all our own wardens and we do our own time. I can’t judge anyone else. What other people do is not really my affair unless they approach me with it. Prison’s in your mind. Can’t you… --- ## [What the fuck was Boeing thinking when they designed the 767 and 777 carryon bins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-was-boeing-thinking-when-they-designed-the-767-and-777-carryon-bins/572553)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-was-boeing-thinking-when-they-designed-the-767-and-777-carryon-bins/572553 "2011-02-28T02:26:10Z")
God I hate when I get stuck on one of these god forsaken aircraft. NONE of the storage bins on the 767, either in the middle or over the windows, are deep enough for a person to stick a rollaboard in lengthwise, as you … --- ## [Bitches or Females: Which do you least like to be called](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-or-females-which-do-you-least-like-to-be-called/635765)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-or-females-which-do-you-least-like-to-be-called/635765 "2012-09-28T20:55:05Z")
Could it be that someone who always refers women as Females be more misogynistic than someone who just calls them bitches. --- ## [Books you couldn't put down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-couldnt-put-down/590803)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-couldnt-put-down/590803 "2011-08-05T03:23:40Z")
Of course I can’t find that recent “list of book threads” thread, but I don’t recall anything with that particular slant. I wanna load up my Nook for a long bus ride next weekend (hopefully from the library but I’ll buy… --- ## [Are the mods/members aware of this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-mods-members-aware-of-this/567361)
**Author:** [@lisalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisalan)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-mods-members-aware-of-this/567361 "2011-01-12T20:28:24Z")
I don’t know if I’m allowed to mention other boards but i found a board out there that basically has members on it that constantly ridicule this forum. It’s kind of pathetic actually. I won’t mention the board until a m… --- ## [\*Realistically\*, what are the worst possible outcomes of a Trump win in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realistically-what-are-the-worst-possible-outcomes-of-a-trump-win-in-2024/996643)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realistically-what-are-the-worst-possible-outcomes-of-a-trump-win-in-2024/996643 "2024-02-22T03:11:58Z")
I’m sort of resigning myself to a Trump win, and trying to stay optimistic about what’s the worst that could happen, and not fall for alarmism. Domestically, I know he’ll try to fundamentally change things, but how much… --- ## [Explain this Atheist logic to me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-atheist-logic-to-me/507589)
**Author:** [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-atheist-logic-to-me/507589 "2009-08-28T16:18:41Z")
I give equal consideration to the debate on whether there is a God or not, so help me better explain this logic i heard an atheist say the other day. “If there was a God, He would leave more of an impression, something … --- ## [NFL Playoffs Wildcard weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wildcard-weekend/677910)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wildcard-weekend/677910 "2014-01-06T20:54:45Z")
Surprised but I didn’t see a thread. KC is delivering a rather severe assbeating on Indy right now. Saturday KC @ IND NO @ PHI Sunday SD @ CIN SF @ GB --- ## [Tip Sharing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-sharing/541503)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-sharing/541503 "2010-06-06T14:59:37Z")
I do not want to start an argument about when to tip or how much to tip. I do, however, have a question about standard operating procedure for tipping out and tip sharing. My daughter recently took a job as a waitress. … --- ## [Private prisons and the three strikes rule - a replacement for Jim Crow or pure conspiracy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-prisons-and-the-three-strikes-rule-a-replacement-for-jim-crow-or-pure-conspiracy/705558)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-prisons-and-the-three-strikes-rule-a-replacement-for-jim-crow-or-pure-conspiracy/705558 "2014-11-28T15:07:58Z")
This has been stuck in my head for a while and I can’t shake it. As much as I want to sit here and say that the Reagan administration had no purpose to lock up black people in mass quantities to overtly oppress them, I f… --- ## [Why are captured enemy spies executed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-captured-enemy-spies-executed/613493)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2012, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-captured-enemy-spies-executed/613493 "2012-02-22T08:38:08Z")
Or, at least, subject to execution? Other captured enemy troops are held in captivity. Executing any of them would be a war crime (except, of course, if they were tried and convicted for some capital criminal offense). … --- ## [Why do some people mock the ones who are suicidal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-mock-the-ones-who-are-suicidal/612537)
**Author:** [@voidray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voidray)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-mock-the-ones-who-are-suicidal/612537 "2012-02-13T15:32:02Z")
What is the reason behind the fact that some people mock the ones who feel suicidal and mock the ones who are in depression? Depression and feeling suicidal are medical situations and in relation with chemical situation… --- ## [Is NATO obsolete?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nato-obsolete/817721)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nato-obsolete/817721 "2018-07-29T22:26:12Z")
I know this has been discussed on the board before, but since it’s in the news again with the upcoming NATO meeting and the heated words between Trump and NATO, along with the running argument with Germany I figured I’d … --- ## [Does anyone sell non-vanilla plain ice cream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-sell-non-vanilla-plain-ice-cream/710036)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-sell-non-vanilla-plain-ice-cream/710036 "2015-01-23T20:37:11Z")
That is, ice cream made only from milk, cream, sugar and eggs? It strikes me that I’ve never seen a plain ice cream without vanilla before. Seems odd that there doesn’t seem to exist any non-vanilla version of plain ice … --- ## [I want to learn the names of all the colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-learn-the-names-of-all-the-colors/557487)
**Author:** [@petew83](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petew83)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-learn-the-names-of-all-the-colors/557487 "2010-10-19T21:27:43Z")
I want to learn the names of all the colors. It is fascinating to me how simply learning the names of things improves perception and recall. Any advice for improving my color vocabulary? --- ## [What does "real" airline security look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-real-airline-security-look-like/560903)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-real-airline-security-look-like/560903 "2010-11-22T14:44:29Z")
There has been a lot of criticism about US security procedures in the past week, which seems to be coming to a head in a National Opt-Out Day just before Thanksgiving. On this day, people are being urged to opt out of b… --- ## [What is that stuff inside a Butterfinger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702)
**Author:** [@shimmery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shimmery)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-stuff-inside-a-butterfinger/427702 "2007-11-27T15:47:19Z")
I understand it has something to do with peanuts. --- ## [Drug Users and SUV drivers: Do you not know or Do you not care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-users-and-suv-drivers-do-you-not-know-or-do-you-not-care/152523)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-users-and-suv-drivers-do-you-not-know-or-do-you-not-care/152523 "2003-02-07T18:41:09Z")
As background, my wife and I try quite hard to be responsible consumers. We didn’t purchase “Ben and Jerry’s” ice cream because their founder supported convicted killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. We never ordered from Domino’s, be… --- ## [Oh Sweet Jesus. The couple on Hoarding: Buried Alive are ....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-sweet-jesus-the-couple-on-hoarding-buried-alive-are/611139)
**Author:** [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-sweet-jesus-the-couple-on-hoarding-buried-alive-are/611139 "2012-04-25T22:54:34Z")
Swingers! Used feminine products on the floor, cat poop galore, filthy mattress and three feet of food garbage in the bedroom. Oh yeah, I want some of that. barfing smilie --- ## [Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/301803)
**Author:** [@huk24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/huk24)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/301803 "2005-05-10T20:06:53Z")
Just saw it. I approve… I’ve read the series twice. (once when it was still a trilogy and once when the newer books started coming out) It was an enjoyable film- There were a few glaring differences, but I won’t spoi… --- ## [How much money would you need to win/inherit before you were comfortable quitting your job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-would-you-need-to-win-inherit-before-you-were-comfortable-quitting-your-job/571000)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-would-you-need-to-win-inherit-before-you-were-comfortable-quitting-your-job/571000 "2011-02-13T16:57:29Z")
I’m 37. I make $45,000 per year. If I had $2 million, I guess I could match my current income on investment returns. But there’s no way i’d quit with just $2 million. What if a bad investment breaks me 15 years down th… --- ## [What does my daughter's name mean? (Korean/Chinese help)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-my-daughters-name-mean-korean-chinese-help/427937)
**Author:** [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-my-daughters-name-mean-korean-chinese-help/427937 "2014-07-31T19:31:45Z")
As is traditional in my wife’s family, we gave our daughter a Korean middle name chosen by her grandmother. Naturally, we get the question a lot: “Does it mean something?” And it does, supposedly. But no one can say … --- ## [The inevitable sex scene in Sci-Fi and Fantasy books. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inevitable-sex-scene-in-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books-why/486481)
**Author:** [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inevitable-sex-scene-in-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books-why/486481 "2009-08-06T01:19:58Z")
It seems as though many (possibly most) Sci-Fi and Fantasy books contain at least one unecessary, generally poorly-done, and sqirm-inducing sex scene. Even the short story, where brevity should be a priority, is not i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=783&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=785&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)