# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=802&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:** 803 --- ## [Child Actors and Potentially Disturbing Roles/Scenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-actors-and-potentially-disturbing-roles-scenes/255260)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-actors-and-potentially-disturbing-roles-scenes/255260 "2004-07-20T04:46:34Z")
I’d like to know if child actors are briefed, de-briefed, or given any other psychological preparation or treatment if they’re doing a role that, on screen, would be too intense and/or disturbing for their age. For exam… --- ## [A Discrepancy in the Background Check...Did We Lose the Job? (answer needed pretty fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-discrepancy-in-the-background-check-did-we-lose-the-job-answer-needed-pretty-fast/755574)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-discrepancy-in-the-background-check-did-we-lose-the-job-answer-needed-pretty-fast/755574 "2016-05-28T20:26:16Z")
Ms. Cups is in the throughs of the job search and there may be light at the end of the tunnel, but a small problem came up. The (non government if that helps) company she applied to got a third-party company to run a ba… --- ## [What's the most famous murder in England?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-famous-murder-in-england/614411)
**Author:** [@Cabot\_Covian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabot_Covian)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-famous-murder-in-england/614411 "2012-03-06T02:05:15Z")
I’m currently reading Thunderstuck, a 2005 novel about the Hawley Crippen murder mystery. In the prologue the author writes, “This is a book about a murder: the second most famous in England,” but never makes any claim a… --- ## [How big was the universe one second after the Big Bang?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-was-the-universe-one-second-after-the-big-bang/631444)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-was-the-universe-one-second-after-the-big-bang/631444 "2012-08-17T16:55:15Z")
Let’s say you were there to witness the Big Bang. What did the universe look like one second later? Scientists yammer on and on about a singularity and leptons and hadrons and quarks and anti-matter and so forth, but I’… --- ## [Witty Responses To Mother-in-Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-responses-to-mother-in-law/607156)
**Author:** [@Tracyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracyfish)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-responses-to-mother-in-law/607156 "2011-12-29T22:26:37Z")
Christmas day will be the first time that Least Original User Name Ever and I will see most of his family since we eloped earlier this year. His mother wasn’t happy because she wanted us to have a wedding and a receptio… --- ## [Tracy Morgan crashed his $2 million Bugatti in New York ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracy-morgan-crashed-his-2-million-bugatti-in-new-york/835067)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracy-morgan-crashed-his-2-million-bugatti-in-new-york/835067 "2019-06-19T14:19:35Z")
Tracy Crashes his 2 million dollar toy fifteen minutes after picking it up at the dealership. :ROLLEYES: Geez, who thinks it’s smart to drive a 2 million dollar car in heavy NY city traffic? That’s about as stupid as yo… --- ## [Legal Question: Impossible to Conduct "Affirmative Defense" (Dzhokhar Tsarnaev)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-impossible-to-conduct-affirmative-defense-dzhokhar-tsarnaev/658846)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-impossible-to-conduct-affirmative-defense-dzhokhar-tsarnaev/658846 "2013-05-31T20:32:25Z")
I know, the question about defense of guilty defendants comes back. My question: is it impossible to conduct an “Affirmative” defense for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev? His guilt is not questionable-he admitted building and sett… --- ## [NYC with my ten year old daughter...suggest things to do and see.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-with-my-ten-year-old-daughter-suggest-things-to-do-and-see/529096)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-with-my-ten-year-old-daughter-suggest-things-to-do-and-see/529096 "2010-04-07T14:56:35Z")
I am taking my daughter to th City for her 10th birthday next weekend. We have all day Saturday and we are seeing The Lion King Sunday afternoon. We are staying near Broadway. What things do you think a 10 year old g… --- ## [Ever heard the word "gupaleen" for "hat"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-heard-the-word-gupaleen-for-hat/270225)
**Author:** [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-heard-the-word-gupaleen-for-hat/270225 "2012-11-08T05:22:34Z")
On Howard Stern today, Artie was saying he bought a “goo-pah-leen” at the ballpark last night. He was referring to a wool cap with a pom-pom. None of the cast had ever heard the word and some guy called in saying it wa… --- ## [Would an American who never lived in the US as an adult have to file with the IRS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-american-who-never-lived-in-the-us-as-an-adult-have-to-file-with-the-irs/597305)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-american-who-never-lived-in-the-us-as-an-adult-have-to-file-with-the-irs/597305 "2011-09-30T02:08:20Z")
From various threads on the topic of dual citizenship, I gather that dual citizens (US & other) have to file with the IRS, even if they live outside of the US. Does that apply even if the US citizen has never lived in t… --- ## [native american facial hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-american-facial-hair/2095)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-american-facial-hair/2095 "2013-09-17T23:26:18Z")
I could’ve sworn that my fourth-grade teacher told us that Native Americans (Indians, then) cannot grow facial hair. She pointed out that all the photos of the chiefs from the 1800s and descriptions from earlier than tha… --- ## [Will J.C. Penney Survive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-j-c-penney-survive/655271)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-j-c-penney-survive/655271 "2022-04-26T23:45:49Z")
“In the past year, the company lost nearly a billion dollars and saw its revenue tumble nearly $4.3 billion to $12.98 billion. Customer traffic dropped 13 percent from the year before.” So they dumped the current CEO an… --- ## [Have your kids ever embarrassed you in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-kids-ever-embarrassed-you-in-public/426245)
**Author:** [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-kids-ever-embarrassed-you-in-public/426245 "2007-11-19T14:42:15Z")
By embarrassed, I don’t mean chagrined or disconcerted. I mean mortified. This thread made me think of this. Since I don’t have children, it never happened to me, but my wife told me a doozy from when her middle child, n… --- ## [TV Lust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-lust/419941)
**Author:** [@Jeffr062](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffr062)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2007, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-lust/419941 "2007-09-24T09:18:03Z")
Back when you were young an under sexed which character on TV was the object of your lust? --- ## [Was Lucille Ball a Communist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-lucille-ball-a-communist/409252)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-lucille-ball-a-communist/409252 "2007-06-30T21:03:09Z")
On television, oh, quite some time back, I was watching this news show about Lucille Ball. Apparently a relative was very enthused about Communism. And as a sort of tribute to him, Lucille Ball declared herself to be a C… --- ## [Death is not an option: Sex: The followup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-not-an-option-sex-the-followup/607053)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-is-not-an-option-sex-the-followup/607053 "2011-12-28T04:16:54Z")
In the Death is not an option: Sex poll, we were asked to choose between having consentual sex with a parent, or choosing never to have sex again. Overwhelmingly, people chose that they’d never have sex again. But even … --- ## [There are people still living who . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-people-still-living-who/558814)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-people-still-living-who/558814 "2010-11-02T21:00:18Z")
I was listening to thisepisode of The Story, and found myself flabbergasted that my life and this man’s life actually overlap. His story seems like something that should be lost in the mists of time, it’s so foreign to … --- ## [Two People Pronounce Something the same EXACT Way: but they have different accents so one is wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-people-pronounce-something-the-same-exact-way-but-they-have-different-accents-so-one-is-wrong/695052)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-people-pronounce-something-the-same-exact-way-but-they-have-different-accents-so-one-is-wrong/695052 "2014-10-26T11:46:04Z")
Why does a person recognize that another person is saying something wrong if they say it the exact same way . . . but they have different accents? I met a woman last night named Carrie. Because of her accent, when she … --- ## [I Suspect My Hose is Haunted-Do I Need To Dislose to Realtor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suspect-my-hose-is-haunted-do-i-need-to-dislose-to-realtor/607938)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suspect-my-hose-is-haunted-do-i-need-to-dislose-to-realtor/607938 "2012-01-09T21:57:56Z")
Our 90 year old bungalow is in very good shape-over the years we have installed a new kitchen, two new bathrooms, and a bedroom. We have also finished the basement (a livingroom and bedroom). For the age of the house, … --- ## [Dopers I'd like to meet (but probably won't)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-id-like-to-meet-but-probably-wont/179099)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-id-like-to-meet-but-probably-wont/179099 "2003-06-13T02:11:46Z")
I may not have a lot of posts to my name (yet), but I’ve been on the boards long enough to get a grasp of who’s who, and to start looking forward to threads started by my favourite posters. There are some dopers here wh… --- ## [Specifically, The Deleterious Effects of Illegal Immigrants on the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specifically-the-deleterious-effects-of-illegal-immigrants-on-the-us/734151)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specifically-the-deleterious-effects-of-illegal-immigrants-on-the-us/734151 "2015-10-19T13:00:02Z")
What exactly are they? Aside from Trump’s rampant raping fantasy, what is the greatest harm done by having a large number of illegal aliens in the country? Stealing jobs? Sucking up welfare money? Spreading disease? What… --- ## [Why is Casablanca considered a great film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-casablanca-considered-a-great-film/374679)
**Author:** [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-casablanca-considered-a-great-film/374679 "2006-09-30T20:35:23Z")
I’ve seen Casablanca once on the big screen and a few times on tv. It strikes me as a mlldly interesting period piece, nothing more. Claude Rains is wonderful but, apart from him, I’m not impressed by the acting. The sc… --- ## [Nicolas Cage on finance: trouble meeting 20 multimillion $ mortages is your business manager's fault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicolas-cage-on-finance-trouble-meeting-20-multimillion-mortages-is-your-business-managers-fault/516733)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicolas-cage-on-finance-trouble-meeting-20-multimillion-mortages-is-your-business-managers-fault/516733 "2009-11-08T21:44:00Z")
A very tame recreational outrage but I’ll put it here since it’s about Cage, and I’ll be the first to admit his financial woes don’t affect me personally in the least. Still, this takes some gaul: This is Nicolas Cage’… --- ## [How far away are clouds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-are-clouds/581171)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-are-clouds/581171 "2011-05-09T13:28:25Z")
I’m looking up at the sky. Directly above me, the sky is clear. But 30 degrees away is a cloud. How far away is the place that’s directly under that cloud? Obviously it will vary by the height of the cloud, but a rough i… --- ## [Hypothesis: The US income gap is caused by Asia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothesis-the-us-income-gap-is-caused-by-asia/686778)
**Author:** [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothesis-the-us-income-gap-is-caused-by-asia/686778 "2014-05-19T16:04:20Z")
I see a lot of discussions about the increase in income inequality in the US. Many attribute it to a transfer of wealth from the middle and lower classes to the wealthy. I suspect that instead, US middle class wealth w… --- ## [What is this "Audit the Fed" stuff I have been hearing about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-audit-the-fed-stuff-i-have-been-hearing-about/629235)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-audit-the-fed-stuff-i-have-been-hearing-about/629235 "2012-07-28T02:15:41Z")
We have a local DJ who is a Ron Paul devotee who announced yesterday that the House was going to vote on a bill to audit the Federal Reserve. I find Dr. Paul’s ideas about economics, um, interesting and I question the w… --- ## [Laverne or Shirley?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laverne-or-shirley/639177)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laverne-or-shirley/639177 "2012-11-09T14:37:24Z")
I’m a girl who likes guys so maybe my opinion isn’t worth much but-- Shirley was cuter but Laverne was funner. Plus, you’d have a chance to score with Laverne, not so much with Shirley. The Big Ragu could cook but all t… --- ## [Oldest tall (7' or more confirmed) person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-tall-7-or-more-confirmed-person/510634)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-tall-7-or-more-confirmed-person/510634 "2009-09-20T14:55:14Z")
I was doing a little \*amateur sleuthing trying to confirm a date of death for a very tall person (reputedly 7’3"), and found a name in SSDI which matched in some details, except that this person died at age 79, and I’ve … --- ## ["Dog whistle" phrase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-whistle-phrase/748503)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-whistle-phrase/748503 "2016-03-26T23:16:17Z")
All of a sudden I hear/read people say “dog whistle”. Is this new or did I somehow miss it for a long time? It means speaking in a sort of code. Or maybe it just got a lot more popular? --- ## [Tommy guns - round vs. stick magazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-guns-round-vs-stick-magazine/633507)
**Author:** [@benbo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benbo1)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-guns-round-vs-stick-magazine/633507 "2012-11-25T08:26:57Z")
The tommies can handle either the 30round stick clip or 50round drum. In almost any picture of WW2 Allied soldiers brandishing them, they have the stick. The Russians had great success with their ppSh, almost always with… --- ## [Recommend a pipe and pipe tobacco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-pipe-and-pipe-tobacco/519778)
**Author:** [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-pipe-and-pipe-tobacco/519778 "2009-12-05T14:04:04Z")
As a followup to this thread from a few months ago. I am now working my way very slowly through another set of cigars, but I think my next fumatory endeavor should be a pipe. There’s an intriguing tobacconist right arou… --- ## [Same Name, Different Character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-different-character/526530)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-name-different-character/526530 "2010-06-07T20:37:40Z")
The other day my mind wandered to a memory of a scene from Hill Street Blues which featured officer Bobby Hill. This of course made me think of young Bobby Hill of King of the Hill. Two characters with the same name, cou… --- ## [2015 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274 "2015-11-26T17:40:30Z")
One might reasonably have expected the gubernatorial elections of Louisiana to be a typical depressing affair as was the case in other Southern and Border states, resulting in the election of a Republican hardliner and a… --- ## [How big of a deal is today’s Supreme Court decision to allow PA vote count?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-of-a-deal-is-today-s-supreme-court-decision-to-allow-pa-vote-count/923373)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-of-a-deal-is-today-s-supreme-court-decision-to-allow-pa-vote-count/923373 "2020-11-05T04:47:39Z")
Pennsylvania ballots that come in up to 3 days after election day are to be counted, per the SC. Considering that it was a 4-4 decision, it unfortunately showed the hand of the 4 (soon to be 5) conservative justices. H… --- ## [To the assholes trying to ruin golf for my wife..a big FUCK YOU!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-assholes-trying-to-ruin-golf-for-my-wife-a-big-fuck-you/314664)
**Author:** [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2005, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-assholes-trying-to-ruin-golf-for-my-wife-a-big-fuck-you/314664 "2005-07-31T07:42:32Z")
Nothing like a pointless sports rant to get the Dopers all excited… My wife and I went to the golf course yesterday evening after work to get in a fun little 9-hole round. She’s very new to the sport, only having playe… --- ## [Full Frontal Nudity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-frontal-nudity/547592)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-frontal-nudity/547592 "2010-07-27T20:44:20Z")
I’ve been giving this issue a lot of thought lately and have come to the conclusion that, in most instances, I am a fan of Full Frontal Nudity. I think most people are, but until now they have not had an opportunity to … --- ## [Joe the Plumber Jumps Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-the-plumber-jumps-shark/468271)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-the-plumber-jumps-shark/468271 "2008-11-07T14:26:26Z")
Joe the Plumber may be the first person to jump the shark within 24 hours of anybody knowing who he is, but he’s on the waterskis, Richie and Potsie are looking nervous, and… there he goes! Over the shark! Nice landing. … --- ## [GoG re-releasing TIE Fighter and X-Wing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gog-re-releasing-tie-fighter-and-x-wing/702723)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gog-re-releasing-tie-fighter-and-x-wing/702723 "2016-08-31T20:49:54Z")
So, apparently Good Old Games is re-releasing two of the best PC games ever in a form that will be playable on modern OSes. I for one am stoked. I am not a gamer at all, but this tickles my nostalgia bone in a big way. … --- ## [Southland on TNT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southland-on-tnt/531998)
**Author:** [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southland-on-tnt/531998 "2011-03-23T10:46:44Z")
Seriously? No one’s watching this? http://www.tnt.tv/series/southland/ It had a seven-episode run on NBC and was canceled, but TNT rescued it, re-aired the first season, and started S2 last week. I’m genuinely surpr… --- ## [It it enough to walk away from Omelas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-it-enough-to-walk-away-from-omelas/536715)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-it-enough-to-walk-away-from-omelas/536715 "2010-04-22T12:59:55Z")
I was watching Swordfish on HBO last night, and toward the end, the John Travolta character (bad guy) posed the following question to the Hugh Jackman character (good guy): You have the power to cure all the world’s dise… --- ## [Marriage and cohabitation in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marriage-and-cohabitation-in-america/538386)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marriage-and-cohabitation-in-america/538386 "2010-05-12T04:57:27Z")
I often hear or read Americans associate steady relationships and children with marriage. Even people like Dan Savage or a guy I know who’s a bisexual in a homosexual relationship equate them. How true is that in the US? … --- ## [Lovecraft Country S1 \[SPOILERS within\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-country-s1-spoilers-within/916355)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovecraft-country-s1-spoilers-within/916355 "2021-07-04T18:42:37Z")
omg omg OMG YES! This looks amazing; I am so in! 16 August 2020 is first episode! I can’t wait! --- ## [Resolved: Morality is BS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-morality-is-bs/495820)
**Author:** [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-morality-is-bs/495820 "2009-05-25T12:12:37Z")
Alright folks, I’ve brought up this topic in several different threads, and several different posters have suggested I start a separate thread to discuss it. This is that thread. I have had a couple of sodey pops, so p… --- ## [The 2006 Rat's Ass Awards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2006-rats-ass-awards/385799)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2009, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2006-rats-ass-awards/385799 "2009-10-06T11:53:15Z")
Each year, our diligent news media sniffs out a bunch of hot-button issues about which we are supposed to feel great concern. Some are worthy of attention. In many cases, however, I find that despite the intensity of cov… --- ## [begbert2 cannot debate like an adult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begbert2-cannot-debate-like-an-adult/506167)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begbert2-cannot-debate-like-an-adult/506167 "2009-08-26T17:52:18Z")
On this thread, on the subject Why are we alive?, begbert2 and I had a debate on whether all our actions are motivated by seeking happiness / avoiding misery. This was off-topic, but it didn’t appear anyone minded the h… --- ## [Fed Court: Presidential electors can vote as they wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-court-presidential-electors-can-vote-as-they-wish/839046)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-court-presidential-electors-can-vote-as-they-wish/839046 "2020-07-07T16:03:17Z")
A court ruling just changed how we pick our president Tweet from WH in 3… 2… 1– --- ## [Movies you refuse to see because of its stupid title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-refuse-to-see-because-of-its-stupid-title/650819)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-refuse-to-see-because-of-its-stupid-title/650819 "2013-02-23T14:30:58Z")
Let’s get shallow and judgmental! Maybe these are good movies, but I’ll never know because of their idiotic titles. Silver Linings Playbook - one of the dumbest titles I’ve seen in a while. Legend of the Guardians: Th… --- ## [How important is your engineering undergrad school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-your-engineering-undergrad-school/484414)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-your-engineering-undergrad-school/484414 "2009-02-08T06:46:17Z")
My super-smart high-school senior niece has just been accepted to Rose-Hulman, according to US New the #1 rated engineering undergrad school in the country. She’s also waiting to hear from Harvey Mudd and Venderbilt. She… --- ## [Any film or T.V. Sci-fi predict flat screen T.V./computer monitors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-film-or-t-v-sci-fi-predict-flat-screen-t-v-computer-monitors/618547)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-film-or-t-v-sci-fi-predict-flat-screen-t-v-computer-monitors/618547 "2016-05-19T20:05:05Z")
I can’t think of any sci-fi, the production of which predates flat sceens, that features flat screen T.V.s or computer monitors as an element of the future technology depicted in the film. Anyone have any examples? Sid… --- ## [Pushing for total metric in the US: is a foolish consistency the hobgoblin of a small mind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-for-total-metric-in-the-us-is-a-foolish-consistency-the-hobgoblin-of-a-small-mind/727017)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-for-total-metric-in-the-us-is-a-foolish-consistency-the-hobgoblin-of-a-small-mind/727017 "2015-08-12T18:27:52Z")
From time to time on Facebook, people will pass along this image making fun of the imperial system of measurements and glorifying the metric system. Haha, we Americans so DUMB for using them old things! But here’s my th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=801&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=803&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)