# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=803&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:** 804 --- ## [Random things you'd like to buy that are slightly too hard to obtain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-things-youd-like-to-buy-that-are-slightly-too-hard-to-obtain/414854)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-things-youd-like-to-buy-that-are-slightly-too-hard-to-obtain/414854 "2007-08-27T19:17:26Z")
I was watching that Futurama episode where Fry finds out he has $4.3 Billion in his bank account the other day, and there’s a scene where Bender- wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar- says to Leela “I don’t think you re… --- ## [What celebrity death will affect you the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrity-death-will-affect-you-the-most/719116 "2015-06-23T21:52:22Z")
As in, what living celebrity death will make you mourn the most? For years, Roger Ebert would have been my answer, but this has now occurred and I have both mourned and moved on. I still think of Ebert when I see a grea… --- ## [dog poop on car- illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-poop-on-car-illegal/746319)
**Author:** [@goghingwilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goghingwilde)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-poop-on-car-illegal/746319 "2016-02-21T12:30:57Z")
So… There’s this jerk who parks his overly large truck out of the lines all the time at my apartment complex. When I get home late, most of the time he’s blocking my spot by parking way out of the lines into it. I lost … --- ## [Is the West Coast the worst part of the US/Canada to live in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-west-coast-the-worst-part-of-the-us-canada-to-live-in/714873)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-west-coast-the-worst-part-of-the-us-canada-to-live-in/714873 "2015-03-18T23:23:55Z")
It’s just as expensive as Canada, yet we get none of their benefits like more accessible health care. Big cities in the Midwest are just as cheap as small towns in the West to buy a home in, often much cheaper. Even most… --- ## [An identical twin seduces his brother's girl. Can he be charged with rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-identical-twin-seduces-his-brothers-girl-can-he-be-charged-with-rape/510040)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-identical-twin-seduces-his-brothers-girl-can-he-be-charged-with-rape/510040 "2009-09-17T02:44:40Z")
Assuming Twin 1 was able to fool her so completly that she thought he was Twin 2, who she knew and trusted, could he (Twin 1) be charged with rape? Assume that he did it to hurt Twin 2 and was fully aware of her relation… --- ## [Nuclear power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power/315417)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-power/315417 "2005-08-11T13:38:55Z")
Some of us were hanging out a while ago chatting about alternative energy. (Actually, it the conversation was about what little we know about quantum mechanics, entropy, science in general… and we were all dead tired.) … --- ## [Star Wars - Ben Kenobi smoking hookah?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-ben-kenobi-smoking-hookah/602644)
**Author:** [@BarefootOkieGal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarefootOkieGal)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-ben-kenobi-smoking-hookah/602644 "2011-11-18T16:16:19Z")
I’m checking my memory here, mainly… When I saw Star Wars originally, during the scene in which Luke Skywalker is in Ben Kenobi’s hut, I am willing to swear that Ben was smoking a hookah. This scene was also in the ver… --- ## [Queer eye for the straight crotch: bad male pube styling decisions (TMI TMI TMI!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871)
**Author:** [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871 "2003-11-17T07:40:09Z")
I turned into a gym freak a few months ago, and go three times a week for intensive weight training sessions. I deliberately chose not to get a membership at a so-called “gay” gym because at the beginning, I had very lit… --- ## [Worst press conference ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-press-conference-ever/239893)
**Author:** [@hipdadiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hipdadiddy)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-press-conference-ever/239893 "2004-04-16T00:07:24Z")
At least this time he doesn’t look quite so doped up, but… JEEBUS!! What a pathetic performance! The same pious, egregious, warmed-over crap served up again and again, usually without even a pretence that it has ANY re… --- ## [Worst album cover by "big name" artists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-album-cover-by-big-name-artists/603847)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-album-cover-by-big-name-artists/603847 "2011-12-01T18:22:06Z")
I was looking at one of those “worst album covers ever” and I noticed those sites almost always pick obscure albums like tiny Christian labels or self released projects like this. I wondered why pick on these no-budget … --- ## [The Ross Perot Spoiler Myth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ross-perot-spoiler-myth/725989)
**Author:** [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ross-perot-spoiler-myth/725989 "2015-08-06T07:13:54Z")
You know, every so often, particularly during election cycles, the talk about third party candidates come out. Donald Trump is the most recent example. Some people out there have posited that Ross Perot, in 1992, affect… --- ## [Decade, century, millennium, ..?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decade-century-millennium/549553)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decade-century-millennium/549553 "2016-11-02T13:36:39Z")
Decade is 10 years, century 100, millennium 1000 - is there a word for 10,000? --- ## [The Fat Moronic Bitch Who Bumped My Brand New Car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-moronic-bitch-who-bumped-my-brand-new-car/175614)
**Author:** [@Keith\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith_Berry)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fat-moronic-bitch-who-bumped-my-brand-new-car/175614 "2003-05-19T13:28:14Z")
First of all, let’s review some history…I’ve had terrible luck when it comes to cars. My first car was a used 87 Mustang sedan that leaked oil and had ominous electrical problems. My second car was a 95 Dodge Neon that… --- ## [Idiot assistant principal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-assistant-principal/705085)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiot-assistant-principal/705085 "2014-11-25T15:38:42Z")
Amy Strickland is an assistant principal at a high school in Norfolk, Virginia. She has a personal twitter account. Back in June she tweeted a picture of seven couples going to the prom. The couples were all interracial… --- ## [Coolest one-word film dialogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-one-word-film-dialogue/775540 "2017-01-12T04:17:17Z")
“His…to…ry” - original Longest Yard “CAMELOT!” - …Holy Grail “Plastics” - really? Do I need to say? --- ## ["Bad" grammar and music: How universal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-grammar-and-music-how-universal/695786)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-grammar-and-music-how-universal/695786 "2014-08-22T21:54:27Z")
I was listening to the Talking Head’s “Burning Down the House” today. The line “don’t wanna hurt nobody” has been looping in my head all day. :slight\_smile: I remember riding in a car with my father a long time ago, wh… --- ## [How do thermoses know if they are supposed to keep drinks hot or cold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-thermoses-know-if-they-are-supposed-to-keep-drinks-hot-or-cold/551114)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-thermoses-know-if-they-are-supposed-to-keep-drinks-hot-or-cold/551114 "2010-08-25T01:10:31Z")
my friend wants to know --- ## [What do you think of these names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-these-names/607398)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-these-names/607398 "2012-04-29T02:14:35Z")
Paul Tristram and Soren Sebastian. (That’s a first and middle name each). I don’t actually care how you like them. :wink: I’m more just wondering if there are any obvious “they’re going to make fun of them for that nam… --- ## [You were too young to read it, but you read it anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-too-young-to-read-it-but-you-read-it-anyway/527409)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-too-young-to-read-it-but-you-read-it-anyway/527409 "2010-02-06T02:56:30Z")
I was way too young to be reading Harold Robbins’s Goodbye, Janette–especially the bit where a young woman ends up hospitalized after having sex with a freakishly well-endowed man. Traumatized doesn’t even begin to cove… --- ## [Bug bites on genitals? (a friend in need, possibly TMI?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-bites-on-genitals-a-friend-in-need-possibly-tmi/419018)
**Author:** [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2007, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-bites-on-genitals-a-friend-in-need-possibly-tmi/419018 "2007-09-14T07:19:43Z")
So, I’ve got a bunch of dysfunctional friends. I’ve just spent an hour and a half trying to calm down a buddy of mine, because his freaking out won’t do him any good. He has, what he describes (and I haven’t seen) as wha… --- ## [What are some dog whistles of the American left?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-dog-whistles-of-the-american-left/914012)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-dog-whistles-of-the-american-left/914012 "2020-08-01T01:17:12Z")
Dog whistles seem to be almost exclusively a “right wing” thing going by the news, so I’m curious to know if there are any left wing dog whistles? I always felt “Punch Nazi’s” was a dog whistle, it’s a statement on it’s… --- ## [a god who is not a bastard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-god-who-is-not-a-bastard/484374)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-god-who-is-not-a-bastard/484374 "2009-02-13T12:38:52Z")
Just wondering if there has ever been a god who is not a downright bastard. I was watching Clash of the Titans the other night and was struck by what bastards the Olympic Gods were. First King Acrisius of Argos is ann… --- ## [Creative Artist That You Originally Really Liked, That You Then Burned Out On The Fastest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-artist-that-you-originally-really-liked-that-you-then-burned-out-on-the-fastest/588241)
**Author:** [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-artist-that-you-originally-really-liked-that-you-then-burned-out-on-the-fastest/588241 "2011-07-25T08:31:47Z")
Who did you initially really like, only to grow sick and tired of, for one reason or another, in a relatively short period of time? Remember, it has to be someone you liked very much (or at least quite a bit) when first… --- ## [WW2 anti-American propaganda in Germany and Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww2-anti-american-propaganda-in-germany-and-japan/669307)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww2-anti-american-propaganda-in-germany-and-japan/669307 "2013-09-22T02:27:34Z")
Inspired by this thread, in which some discussion came up re: anti-Japanese propaganda posters like these. Question: Was analogous anti-American propaganda distributed in Germany and Japan? What were their stereotypic… --- ## [Home wiring - layout of breakers in a panel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-wiring-layout-of-breakers-in-a-panel/626911)
**Author:** [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-wiring-layout-of-breakers-in-a-panel/626911 "2012-07-04T00:15:52Z")
This is in California, in the US, if it makes any difference. I’m interested in both what the NEC says and what the laws of physics say; the former is locale specific, the latter not. We recently had an electrician give… --- ## [Is the war on cancer an utter failure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-war-on-cancer-an-utter-failure/701769)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-war-on-cancer-an-utter-failure/701769 "2014-10-21T15:33:26Z")
Is the war on cancer an utter failure? In the past 15 to 20 years have there been any progress ( or just little bit) ? Is there any new stuff in lab shown promising results. Some of these web sites probably biased infor… --- ## [How "honest" are lawyers/attorneys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-honest-are-lawyers-attorneys/815377)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-honest-are-lawyers-attorneys/815377 "2018-06-08T16:40:10Z")
Decades ago my sister wanted to go to law school to become a lawyer. My Dad vehemently objected saying “All lawyers and attorneys are crooks, saying and doing whatever is necessary to win their case.” I remember and hold… --- ## [Support Palestinian guerrillas.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-palestinian-guerrillas/138413)
**Author:** [@Chumpsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chumpsky)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2002, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-palestinian-guerrillas/138413 "2002-12-12T03:32:57Z")
Palestinian terrorism has been one of the most effective weapons in Israel’s arsenal for protecting and expanding the occupation. Many of those who support Palestinian rights have been caught in an uncomfortable positio… --- ## [How can enormously wasteful enterprises be good for an economy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-enormously-wasteful-enterprises-be-good-for-an-economy/626281)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-enormously-wasteful-enterprises-be-good-for-an-economy/626281 "2012-06-29T14:18:37Z")
Came across this today. Paul Krugman says an alien invasion could help the economy. http://main.aol.com/2012/06/21/paul-krugman-alien-invasion\_n\_1616288.html the basic idea seems to me to be that if we can get people t… --- ## [Beer You Can't Stand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-you-cant-stand/361991)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-you-cant-stand/361991 "2012-02-02T15:20:59Z")
Suggested by the “Beer, Glorious Beer” thread: I have been drinking beer for many years. My favorites are Czech, German, and French (!) beer. But there are three beers I just can’t stand. If they are all that is av… --- ## [Surpisingly dangerous food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surpisingly-dangerous-food/534001)
**Author:** [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surpisingly-dangerous-food/534001 "2010-04-09T04:58:14Z")
The wrong bits of fugu will poison you, a coconut to the head will knock you out, and toddlers and preschools choke on hot dogs. But did you realize that brown rice chips won’t soften from saliva at all if they get stuc… --- ## [Can horseradish cause an actual burn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-horseradish-cause-an-actual-burn/616199)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-horseradish-cause-an-actual-burn/616199 "2022-05-20T20:19:28Z")
I really love horseradish and wasabi (which I know is generally composed of horseradish outside Japan). I love the burny feeling. But, as I was eating some wasabi peas, it got me to wondering if eating too many of them m… --- ## [Giant, Foot-Sized Stucco-Eating Land Snails Invade Florida!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-foot-sized-stucco-eating-land-snails-invade-florida/726983)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-foot-sized-stucco-eating-land-snails-invade-florida/726983 "2015-08-15T14:44:01Z")
Walk! Walk for your lives! Snails As Big As Shoes Are Kind Of A Problem In Florida | HuffPost Weird News? The post starts with a clip from The NeverEnding Story, too! --- ## [Best "As Seen on TV" -type product that really worked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-as-seen-on-tv-type-product-that-really-worked/685899)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-as-seen-on-tv-type-product-that-really-worked/685899 "2014-04-16T16:44:19Z")
It does not have to be an actual “as seen on TV” gadget, I am referring to the kitschy little problem solvers that sell relatively cheaply and promise to miraculously eliminate any signs of “insert problem here”. I can… --- ## [Does Your Sexual Attraction Age As You Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-sexual-attraction-age-as-you-do/577339)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-sexual-attraction-age-as-you-do/577339 "2011-04-08T17:38:24Z")
Here’s what I mean. I am a gay male, but I always seem to be attracted to men that are about ±10 years. I thought about this as today I was watching a rerun of “Married With Children,” and I thought, “You know Al Bundy… --- ## ["Retarded" as an Insult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retarded-as-an-insult/499959)
**Author:** [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retarded-as-an-insult/499959 "2009-06-22T15:07:21Z")
Putting this in ye olde Pit instead of GD because I’m sure it will get a bit heated. Inspired by this thread. What, exactly, is people’s objection to using “retarded” to mean “stupid,” as in, “That’s so fucking retarded… --- ## [NFL Week 14](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/675677)
**Author:** [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-14/675677 "2013-12-10T19:22:29Z")
Thursday, December 5 (last night) Houston (2-10) -2.5 @ JACKSONVILLE (3-9\*) (Final: 20-27) Sunday, December 8 Oakland (4-8) @ NY JETS (5-7) -2.5 Cleveland (4-8) @ NEW ENGLAND (9-3) -10.5 Miami (6-6) @ PITTSBURGH (5-… --- ## [Did different dinosaurs evolve into different birds, or one of them into all birds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-different-dinosaurs-evolve-into-different-birds-or-one-of-them-into-all-birds/631910)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-different-dinosaurs-evolve-into-different-birds-or-one-of-them-into-all-birds/631910 "2012-08-22T19:35:10Z")
Mrs. Napier was describing how she could see Tyranosaurus Rex evolving into eagles, and those big ones with long necks (sauropods?) evolving into swans, and the like. I said I didn’t think it worked like that. But it got… --- ## [How have you dealt with noisy neighbors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-dealt-with-noisy-neighbors/578596)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-dealt-with-noisy-neighbors/578596 "2011-04-19T00:55:24Z")
I’m not normally awake at 2:30am, but I am now. For the second weekend in a row, I’m being subjected to the loud music and dancing taking place inside my neighbor’s condo. You can skip the story inside the asterisks if y… --- ## [How was the first straight edge made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-the-first-straight-edge-made/441082)
**Author:** [@Salmo\_Trutta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salmo_Trutta)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-the-first-straight-edge-made/441082 "2008-03-14T21:40:36Z")
This may seem like a dumb question. Likely there is a simple answer that I haven’t considered. The earliest architects and engineers must have needed a straight edge to draw lines for accurate calculations. Nothing, at … --- ## [SCOTUS - Kachalsky v Cacace (2nd ammendment bear case)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-kachalsky-v-cacace-2nd-ammendment-bear-case/649372)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-kachalsky-v-cacace-2nd-ammendment-bear-case/649372 "2013-04-15T20:08:46Z")
Earlier this month, Alan Gura with the Second Amendment Foundation filed a petition for Cert at SCOTUS in the matter of Kachalsky v Cacace from the 2nd circuit. This is asking SCOTUS to decide whether discretionary issu… --- ## [Fifth Disease (Really, that's what it's called)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-disease-really-thats-what-its-called/308068)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifth-disease-really-thats-what-its-called/308068 "2005-06-19T15:16:15Z")
If your kid has had this thing, you know what it is. If not, then you think I’m just making things up. Fifth Disease? It’s like I’m not even trying with the name. There’s: First Place Second Thoughts The Third World … --- ## [Make that 28,999, Zenster.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-that-28-999-zenster/191061)
**Author:** [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-that-28-999-zenster/191061 "2003-08-02T23:30:59Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=199503&perpage=50&pagenumber=4 This has nothing to do with the topic of your thread, but rather your standard obsequious behavior. Just so we’re clear, I can’… --- ## [Instead of payroll tax cut, Trump now plans to send checks directly to Americans, soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-payroll-tax-cut-trump-now-plans-to-send-checks-directly-to-americans-soon/849678)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-payroll-tax-cut-trump-now-plans-to-send-checks-directly-to-americans-soon/849678 "2020-07-03T17:11:51Z")
Plan is for a big cash infusion within the next 2 weeks, because the payroll tax cut plan (which effect would take 6-8 months to percolate through the economy and be felt) was criticized as much too slow. --- ## [Is the war in Starship Troopers THE MOVIE fabricated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-war-in-starship-troopers-the-movie-fabricated/726747)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-war-in-starship-troopers-the-movie-fabricated/726747 "2015-08-06T16:38:55Z")
It all starts with a asteroid hitting earth, blamed on the bugs. But we never again see any indication the bugs have orbital capability or space travel or hell even technology, the best we see is beetles capable of firin… --- ## [Do any South Americans identify themselves as "Americans" when traveling internationally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-south-americans-identify-themselves-as-americans-when-traveling-internationally/666664)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-south-americans-identify-themselves-as-americans-when-traveling-internationally/666664 "2013-08-26T17:44:43Z")
Re this article about how some South Americans (mainly) are upset by US residents use of the term “American” to describe themselves. I am curious when traveling internationally outside the Americas do South Americans a… --- ## [Netflix CEO doubles down on "transphobia in media isn't harmful"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-ceo-doubles-down-on-transphobia-in-media-isnt-harmful/952494)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-ceo-doubles-down-on-transphobia-in-media-isnt-harmful/952494 "2022-05-28T01:46:47Z")
Netflix is about to lose us as subscribers due to their terrible handling on the ongoing Chapelle controversy. I freely admit I would have stayed a subscriber if they’d acknowledge the issues, but refused to remove or ce… --- ## [Donald Trump lie of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-lie-of-the-day/758552)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-lie-of-the-day/758552 "2016-08-25T19:25:45Z")
The place to post each day’s Trump lies. I’ll start with this one: “While Hillary was Secretary of State, she funneled $55.2 million of State Department money to Laureate Education while Bill Clinton worked for them.” … --- ## [For the Doper Women - Cunnilingus: good vs. bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-doper-women-cunnilingus-good-vs-bad/513085)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Awesome)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-doper-women-cunnilingus-good-vs-bad/513085 "2009-10-10T04:00:34Z")
'Fess up then, what cunning lingual-stimulation methods should we know about, so we don’t just pay lip service to it. Mirror thread --- ## [Can you soak beans too long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-soak-beans-too-long/645621)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-soak-beans-too-long/645621 "2019-01-02T14:31:58Z")
I somehow got a day ahead of myself and put my (dry) black eyed peas in to soak today. I don’t want to cook them until Tuesday. :smack: Should I pour the water off (it’s already been in there about 3 hours) now and star… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=802&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=804&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)