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**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairs-in-film/775636 "2026-04-07T01:59:25Z")
Surprised no searches came up for that. Links? Post two film examples where a set of stairs figure prominently, either advancing the plot at points, or having at least some integral part in the film, and then a third ex… --- ## [Congratulations! You're no longer a Jew!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-youre-no-longer-a-jew/546893)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-youre-no-longer-a-jew/546893 "2010-07-20T15:25:48Z")
I do not understand the fine details of all this, but it seems the Israeli parliament is about to toss most American Jews out of the club. Not quite Jewish enough enough it seems. Also your rabbi will soon no longer be k… --- ## [How do I find my ex-husband’s Social Security number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-my-ex-husband-s-social-security-number/218598)
**Author:** [@Palikia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palikia)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-my-ex-husband-s-social-security-number/218598 "2003-12-14T22:00:15Z")
I am rapidly approaching my 62nd birthday and want to examine my options with the Social Security folks. I know my ex has always contributed more to the fund than I have and I should be able to claim on his SS, but I do… --- ## [Is Adultery Wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-adultery-wrong/558470)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-adultery-wrong/558470 "2010-11-03T00:58:00Z")
Is adultery or to put it more bluntly sexual acts by married person to a person outside the marriage always immoral? --- ## [Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quartz/829840)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quartz/829840 "2019-06-01T20:52:41Z")
Seriously mate, what is the point of you? You’re a pathetic Brexit cultist. You insist against all evidence that Brexit means Brexit without any irony about how dumb that sounds. You simply refuse to address any evide… --- ## [What is wrong with these people?! The non-readers in your life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-these-people-the-non-readers-in-your-life/624693)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-these-people-the-non-readers-in-your-life/624693 "2012-06-12T21:04:12Z")
I’m betting everyone knows at least one person who isn’t a regular reader (or who doesn’t read at all). I never can understand people who don’t like to read and I’m wondering who the closest people to you are who rarely… --- ## ["Twilight Zone" glaring errors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-zone-glaring-errors/351532)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-zone-glaring-errors/351532 "2014-12-18T20:58:35Z")
I’ve been watching some of the old “Twilight Zone” reruns lately. Time and again, there have been inaccuracies mentioned that can’t be excused by the fact that these were produced some 45 years ago. For instance, in one… --- ## [9 volt CD player, can I give it 12 volts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-volt-cd-player-can-i-give-it-12-volts/613252)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-volt-cd-player-can-i-give-it-12-volts/613252 "2012-02-19T03:01:10Z")
I have just “repaired” my cd player. It came with a an internal transformer which switched either 120v ac or 240v ac to 9 volt dc internally. (I imagine it is 9 volts DC because it also will take 6 1.5v C batteries at th… --- ## [Non stupid porn suggestions please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-stupid-porn-suggestions-please/397364)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-stupid-porn-suggestions-please/397364 "2007-03-31T13:21:56Z")
I’m constantly disappointed with the quality of porn that I see. I would actually like to have a couple of DVDs of actually erotic porn but I’m not willing to blindly pay for a bunch in the hopes that I hit one of the fe… --- ## [Poll: Pronunciation of chamomile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-pronunciation-of-chamomile/438831)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-pronunciation-of-chamomile/438831 "2008-02-25T21:42:24Z")
How do you pronounce chamomile? chamo-mile (where mile is pronounced like the measure of distance) chamo-meal (where meal is pronounced like the portion of food) It would be also be great if you could add what … --- ## [Did something happen to tighty whities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-something-happen-to-tighty-whities/722405)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-something-happen-to-tighty-whities/722405 "2016-09-09T04:05:19Z")
I recently tried shopping for plain old white brief underwear, but all I found at multiple major stores/chains were boxer briefs. Is this part of a trend? Are they still being made? (I assume so, because the models on s… --- ## [Do you like The Beach?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-beach/779518)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-beach/779518 "2017-03-22T23:28:47Z")
(I love how we say ‘the beach’, like there is just one that we all go to) Anyhoo… I freakin’ hate the beach. I have never, ever had a good time at the beach. It’s typically hot, I’m sweaty, I have sand caked where sand… --- ## [What is the longest newborn baby on record?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-longest-newborn-baby-on-record/626314)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-longest-newborn-baby-on-record/626314 "2015-02-09T22:24:15Z")
I’d love to know the world record and the American record if possible. The reason: my son was born today and was measured at 24.5 inches. The nurse acted shocked and re-measured him, showing the pediatrician to back he… --- ## [Pudd’nhead Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pudd-nhead-trump-nominates-neil-gorsuch-for-supreme-court-jester/778719)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pudd-nhead-trump-nominates-neil-gorsuch-for-supreme-court-jester/778719 "2017-04-08T02:45:27Z")
And here I had my money on Roland Freisler. Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? --- ## [The Walking Dead; 4.05 "Internment" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-05-internment-open-spoilers/673612)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-05-internment-open-spoilers/673612 "2013-11-18T02:22:38Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Multiple enemies put pressure on Rick and the group. Could this finally be the breaking point for the survivors and the prison? \[/QUOTE\] Nobody’s gotten back to the prison yet, Carol may or may not be gone… --- ## [What to do with a good but old CRT monitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-good-but-old-crt-monitor/655126)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-good-but-old-crt-monitor/655126 "2013-04-10T19:42:24Z")
We have a very large (30 inch diagonal) perfectly working CRT monitor that we’re no longer using. Do such things have any resale value these days? Would Goodwill even take it, or are they flooded with them? If nothing e… --- ## [Help!! Spider advice needed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-spider-advice-needed/503783)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-spider-advice-needed/503783 "2009-07-28T05:21:40Z")
Spiders, spiders everywhere!! Or, well, maybe not everywhere, but in more places than they need to be in my house. I’m not generally creeped out by spiders at all, but I was bitten on Sunday night, and last night I actua… --- ## [Is Cracked.com as good as it once was?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cracked-com-as-good-as-it-once-was/688053)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cracked-com-as-good-as-it-once-was/688053 "2014-05-11T15:12:57Z")
The theme being how websites are doing these days… I also started this thread the other day: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17362073&posted=1#post17362073 For your amusement, this is the funniest … --- ## [Straight guy with a Lesbian Buddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-guy-with-a-lesbian-buddy/601082)
**Author:** [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-guy-with-a-lesbian-buddy/601082 "2011-11-02T17:43:46Z")
Why is it OK for a woman to have a gay best friend that she spends time with and even share a bedroom with and nothing is expected to happen and it is seen as OK. But when I (a single straight guy) and my Lesbian frien… --- ## [RIP Glenn Shadix (aka "the fat gay guy from Beetlejuice")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-glenn-shadix-aka-the-fat-gay-guy-from-beetlejuice/552998)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-glenn-shadix-aka-the-fat-gay-guy-from-beetlejuice/552998 "2010-09-09T19:48:56Z")
Charactor actor Glenn Shadix has died. He’s one of those “that guy” actors, specifically (as in the title) “that fat gay guy”, though in recent years he lost a LOT of weight through gastric bypass. (Fat pic/thin pic.) … --- ## [Windows Photo Viewer not displaying right colors for image - please help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-photo-viewer-not-displaying-right-colors-for-image-please-help/571665)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2011, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-photo-viewer-not-displaying-right-colors-for-image-please-help/571665 "2011-02-24T10:47:26Z")
Something is happening that is driving me absolutely fucking up the wall, and I would really, really, really appreciate it if someone could tell me how to remedy it. The situation is basically: I take a picture with my … --- ## [Weird things you notice about getting older that young you never thought about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-you-notice-about-getting-older-that-young-you-never-thought-about/658573)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-you-notice-about-getting-older-that-young-you-never-thought-about/658573 "2013-05-20T19:48:34Z")
Sitting here watching the news and then ESPN I realized two things that I do now that I’m older that I never gave a thought about when I was younger. Lots of things I knew I’d care about later, like homeowner stuff, or … --- ## [How will mass deportation from the USA work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-mass-deportation-from-the-usa-work/764785)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-mass-deportation-from-the-usa-work/764785 "2016-09-13T20:56:39Z")
I was reading the New Yorker, somehow I’d missed Trump’s promise to create a special task force": I guess it won’t be 11 million. But say it’s a few million, how does that work … he says there will be a special deporta… --- ## [Bathroom smells.... male vs female](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-smells-male-vs-female/574036)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-smells-male-vs-female/574036 "2011-03-11T07:22:36Z")
I’m the sole male in my household… me, a wife and three daughters between the ages of 16 and 22. Over the years I’ve noticed a distinct smell that the ladies can make that I can’t duplicate. If it’s not clear… I’m talk… --- ## [I pit "normal" "good" Republicans for pretending that you're not enabling traitors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-normal-good-republicans-for-pretending-that-youre-not-enabling-traitors/929828)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-normal-good-republicans-for-pretending-that-youre-not-enabling-traitors/929828 "2021-03-01T16:35:40Z")
You know who you are: you voted for Trump because you were afraid the libs were gonna take your tax cuts, or because you were stupid enough to buy into the idea that Democrats were going to shut down police departments e… --- ## [Insensitive Memorials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insensitive-memorials/626824)
**Author:** [@Sinisterniik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinisterniik)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insensitive-memorials/626824 "2012-07-06T23:08:58Z")
So after dying in a tragic car accident, apparently they thought it was a good idea to make a highway into a James Dean memorial, as shown in this picture: File:James dean3.jpg - Wikipedia Are there any other instances … --- ## [Why do they call them blow jobs when it is really sucking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-call-them-blow-jobs-when-it-is-really-sucking/197407)
**Author:** [@Texas\_Hooligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Texas_Hooligan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2003, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-call-them-blow-jobs-when-it-is-really-sucking/197407 "2003-08-26T10:16:32Z")
A mixed group of friends were vacationing in New Orleans, having a few drinks, when a curious question arose. If a person is sucking, why do they call it a “blow job”? --- ## [Jadzia vs Ezri - Which Dax Reigns Supreme?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jadzia-vs-ezri-which-dax-reigns-supreme/222530)
**Author:** [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jadzia-vs-ezri-which-dax-reigns-supreme/222530 "2014-12-27T00:54:38Z")
My vote is for Ezri. Sure, Jadzia was the more well rounded character but I’ve always preferred the angsty and neurotic Ezri… the one that had this great “gift” thrust upon her that she never wanted and was unprepared f… --- ## [music (warning:may offend rap fans!!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-warning-may-offend-rap-fans/78000)
**Author:** [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2001, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-warning-may-offend-rap-fans/78000 "2001-09-03T06:29:25Z")
All of my favorite radio stations are playing the same stupid rap music, if you can call it music. Who exactly listens to that junk? “Andele andele mami e.i e.i. Uh-ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! what’s poppin tonight?” I’m s… --- ## [Are an American accent and a British accent noticeably different to non-English speakers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-an-american-accent-and-a-british-accent-noticeably-different-to-non-english-speakers/601611)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-an-american-accent-and-a-british-accent-noticeably-different-to-non-english-speakers/601611 "2011-11-05T18:23:34Z")
Different varieties of the German language are very distinct from each other–but I do not know whether I could tell the difference between a “high German” speaker and a “low German” speaker just based on their accents wh… --- ## [Hey! Where ya goin' Dad? Huh? Where?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-ya-goin-dad-huh-where/312967)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-where-ya-goin-dad-huh-where/312967 "2005-07-25T13:24:33Z")
I can’t go anywhere without someone checking up on me. Someone roughly six to nine years old. If I go from one room to another, immediately I hear (even if I haven’t seen a child in hours) “Where ya goin’ Dad? Whatcha go… --- ## [Alicia Silverstone's baby eats like a bird . . . literally.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alicia-silverstones-baby-eats-like-a-bird-literally/617041)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alicia-silverstones-baby-eats-like-a-bird-literally/617041 "2012-03-31T15:19:32Z")
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749\_162-57405700-10391698/alicia-silverstone-feeds-her-son-from-her-mouth/ Alicia has been throwing up into her baby’s mouth. Not actually throwing up: she chews her food and then Frenches … --- ## [the two towers movie review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-movie-review/143511)
**Author:** [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-towers-movie-review/143511 "2002-12-26T04:07:38Z")
Just got back from the movie and I thought it was really good. But what happened in the first 5 minutes of the movie? I missed that part (was getting french fries) all I saw was when Gandalf was lying on the mountain. … --- ## [Name all the Simpsons characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-all-the-simpsons-characters/538630 "2010-05-11T02:38:07Z")
I won’t be around much to see this thread develop, but I’ve been wanting to start it for some time now. From memory, name some characters on the Simpsons who are fairly regular. One-time guest stars don’t count. I’ll st… --- ## [Why does X mean a kiss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-x-mean-a-kiss/505924)
**Author:** [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-x-mean-a-kiss/505924 "2009-08-12T19:41:46Z")
The questions in the title --- ## [Is this what courtroom sketches have come to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-courtroom-sketches-have-come-to/542845 "2010-06-16T17:13:56Z")
Link. The artist certainly likes to draw profiles. There is a certain Picasso-esque quality about them, though. --- ## [Best way to clean prescription eyeglasses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-clean-prescription-eyeglasses/29777)
**Author:** [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-clean-prescription-eyeglasses/29777 "2015-10-24T02:06:26Z")
I am curious if anyone has any tried and true ways to clean your eyeglasses outside of spending extra money for the solutions that the eyewear store carries. I use a microfiber cloth so as not to tempt any interuption o… --- ## [DNC Chair Tom Perez: All Democratic Candidates Must Support a Woman’s Right to Choose.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-chair-tom-perez-all-democratic-candidates-must-support-a-woman-s-right-to-choose/785116)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dnc-chair-tom-perez-all-democratic-candidates-must-support-a-woman-s-right-to-choose/785116 "2017-05-16T17:04:28Z")
I think this is a mistake: I believe the Democratic Party should support candidates with all views on this issue. --- ## [Remind me again why God is to be thanked for the Chilean Miners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-again-why-god-is-to-be-thanked-for-the-chilean-miners/557195)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-again-why-god-is-to-be-thanked-for-the-chilean-miners/557195 "2010-10-18T00:46:04Z")
As the final Chilean miners are brought to the surface, once again we hear a chorus of praise for “God” for delivering them. Not the devoted people and scientific equipment that got them out, but the invisible magic guy … --- ## [% of Democrat and Republican Senators that deny Evolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-democrat-and-republican-senators-that-deny-evolution/580338)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-democrat-and-republican-senators-that-deny-evolution/580338 "2011-05-06T17:34:41Z")
Bar debate was struck up last night with a conservative friend saying there was 4 or 5 Republican Senators that publicly deny the Theory of Evolution, tops. Further, Democratic senators aren’t much better. If he’s inco… --- ## [Electric airplanes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-airplanes/844530)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-airplanes/844530 "2023-06-29T04:35:22Z")
NASA is experimenting with an electric airplane, the X-57 Maxwell. It has several changes that should make it more efficient than just replacing the engines and fuel tanks with electric motors and batteries. They’re taki… --- ## [Solar panels are no longer the bottleneck in making solar affordable. Now what](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-panels-are-no-longer-the-bottleneck-in-making-solar-affordable-now-what/668037)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-panels-are-no-longer-the-bottleneck-in-making-solar-affordable-now-what/668037 "2013-09-16T00:01:21Z")
I’m not going to pretend I’m smart enough to have read this entire article. But in 2011 it cost $6.19 per installed watt of solar in the US vs. $3.00 per installed watt in Germany, and attempted to explain the cost di… --- ## [Why is Robert Hanssen (Russian spy) serving his sentence at a supermax prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-robert-hanssen-russian-spy-serving-his-sentence-at-a-supermax-prison/691633)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-robert-hanssen-russian-spy-serving-his-sentence-at-a-supermax-prison/691633 "2019-03-02T17:52:38Z")
I was reading the Wikipedia article about Robert Hanssen, the former FBI agent turned Russian spy who is serving a life sentence at ADX Florence in Florence, Colorado where he is kept in solitary confinement 23 hours a d… --- ## [15-Year-Old Sony Trinitron Broken. Time for a Bravia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-year-old-sony-trinitron-broken-time-for-a-bravia/490330)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-year-old-sony-trinitron-broken-time-for-a-bravia/490330 "2009-06-02T03:37:15Z")
Well, almost 15 years old. Fifteen years this coming June. But yes, time for another flat-screen TV opinion thread. The sound and picture both started acting up last Tuesday night. We called the local Sony office, and t… --- ## [Who else reads the snarkpit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-reads-the-snarkpit/540601)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-reads-the-snarkpit/540601 "2010-05-29T03:57:55Z")
I just mentioned the snarkpit in another post, then realised that perhaps I ought to delete it as it probably wasn’t appropriate in the thread… then I thought that may look like a conspiracy. So to get it out in the ope… --- ## [Foolproof way to fold a letter in thirds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foolproof-way-to-fold-a-letter-in-thirds/148835)
**Author:** [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foolproof-way-to-fold-a-letter-in-thirds/148835 "2003-01-16T22:52:51Z")
It seems like every time I try to fold a piece of US letter sized paper in thirds to put it in an envelope, I totally bungle it. I’m incapable of eyeballing a third of the page, and using the size of the envelope as a g… --- ## [Do I NEED to have credit cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-have-credit-cards/697520)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-have-credit-cards/697520 "2014-09-09T03:38:47Z")
I’ve had this argument with my girlfriend a couple of times but I wanna run it by ya’ll as well. So I have been poor/barely an adult for my life (FTR I’m 28) and have never had money, and I still don’t. I have a job th… --- ## [Say you're romantically involved with an alcoholic. Do you refrain from drinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-romantically-involved-with-an-alcoholic-do-you-refrain-from-drinking/593255)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-romantically-involved-with-an-alcoholic-do-you-refrain-from-drinking/593255 "2011-08-24T23:16:33Z")
Suggested by this thread, which is not otherwise relevant. Back in the 90s I had a live-in girlfriend, “Lynn,” who was a recovering alcoholic. I was her first lover after getting sober; in fact she once told me she’d n… --- ## [The Quest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quest/694526)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quest/694526 "2014-10-04T07:44:03Z")
Anybody else going to watch this tonight? It looks like basically live action roleplaying (LARP) in a competition format. It looks decent enough, if somewhat (delightfully) campy, although who knows until it airs. --- ## [How could gun control reduce gun violence in the United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-gun-control-reduce-gun-violence-in-the-united-states/739449)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-gun-control-reduce-gun-violence-in-the-united-states/739449 "2015-12-10T20:06:46Z")
Ok, this thread is to debate a very specific point. Assume for the sake of the thread, that reducing available guns enough would reduce gun violence. (and, implicitly, total crime and violence, but this thread isn’t t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=794&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=796&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)