# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=81&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:** 82 --- ## [Let's create the worst TV show possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-worst-tv-show-possible/609764)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-the-worst-tv-show-possible/609764 "2012-02-08T18:29:18Z")
(tossup if this should be CS or MPSIMS) We’ve had threads before where people post their ideas for stupid, offensive television shows. I’d like to do something a little different here. Let’s design by committee ONE show… --- ## [What Christmas standard do you not want to hear any more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-standard-do-you-not-want-to-hear-any-more/774056 "2017-01-17T13:54:08Z")
No novelty songs, please-Just the ones you hear every year on the radio. For me, it’s Madonna’s sterile version of “Santa Baby”. I much prefer Eartha Kitt’s version. --- ## [Does predator urine really deter coyotes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-predator-urine-really-deter-coyotes/544688)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-predator-urine-really-deter-coyotes/544688 "2019-08-07T06:47:46Z")
Don’t let the weird title fool you – this is a serious problem and I’m desperately looking for an answer. A long backstory and I apologize but it’s necessary. I live in a wooded suburban area in an older subdivision. … --- ## [When TV shows break continuity: The Chuck Cunningham Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-break-continuity-the-chuck-cunningham-syndrome/539207)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-break-continuity-the-chuck-cunningham-syndrome/539207 "2012-08-16T20:38:28Z")
What TV shows have you noticed break continuity, as in a character mysteriously disappearing or acting wildly out of character? What got me thinking about this was Arrested Development. Attorney Wayne Jarvis has photogr… --- ## [America's Elder Crisis, Medicare Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-elder-crisis-medicare-edition/937146)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 487\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-elder-crisis-medicare-edition/937146 "2026-10-25T03:18:50Z")
They call, or we call them, an inexhaustible stream of elderly, disabled, and/or poor Americans, all with their stories to tell. Different in the details of course, but in the aggregate a theme develops, a daily oral his… --- ## [How do men in Nudist camps avoid erections?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-in-nudist-camps-avoid-erections/106023)
**Author:** [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-men-in-nudist-camps-avoid-erections/106023 "2002-05-04T05:54:11Z")
I’d be walking about with a constant stiffy I think. --- ## [Sarah Palin: "Rahm Emannuel called my retard baby a nigger!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503)
**Author:** [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-rahm-emannuel-called-my-retard-baby-a-nigger/527503 "2010-02-11T03:17:18Z")
Oh great, Sarah, real fucking Rosa Parks you are. Right on the front lines, fighting the good fight for tolerance everywhere. Mother of the year has a baby at a very late stage in her life, and it (surprise!) pops out … --- ## [Jesus: Myth, or Man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-myth-or-man/742392)
**Author:** [@Jayhawker\_Soule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayhawker_Soule)\ **Replies:** 507\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-myth-or-man/742392 "2016-01-22T00:04:18Z")
This is intended as a thread about historicity, not divinity. Was there a sect leader named Yeshua (or some variant o Yeshua) that directly or indirectly inspired Christianity? --- ## [new-ness!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123)
**Author:** [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)\ **Replies:** 981\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ness/134123 "2005-06-17T18:54:09Z")
hi! i have no idea where else to post this and i thought i should introduce myself before i just join some threads blindly. so hi! waves x --- ## [Persuade me that deafness & hearing impairment are not best thought of as disabilities.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persuade-me-that-deafness-hearing-impairment-are-not-best-thought-of-as-disabilities/583370)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 334\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persuade-me-that-deafness-hearing-impairment-are-not-best-thought-of-as-disabilities/583370 "2011-06-14T13:58:29Z")
Elsewhere on the Dope, someone I am not trying to start a fight with writes: \[QUOTE=which part of “I’m not picking a fight with this Doper” was opaque to you?\] Deafness is not an undesirable trait to the millions in t… --- ## [If you don't want to do "team-building" exercises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-want-to-do-team-building-exercises/555148)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-want-to-do-team-building-exercises/555148 "2010-10-13T20:09:34Z")
Quit, and start your own company where people don’t have to do these things. It called PLAYING THE GAME! I’m refering to the “team building” thread in MPSIMS in which people are BITCHING about doing things that they act… --- ## [Grenfell Tower fire (London)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grenfell-tower-fire-london/788926)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 336\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2026, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grenfell-tower-fire-london/788926 "2026-05-25T01:20:36Z")
This could be really bad. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/grenfell-tower-fire-live-updates-10619185 No fire alarms unless a resident installed one. No coordination of rescue services, of which there are 100… --- ## [Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-to-seek-new-assault-weapons-ban/487475)
**Author:** [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Replies:** 529\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-to-seek-new-assault-weapons-ban/487475 "2009-04-17T03:49:09Z")
To hear the diehards on this and other sites, the Obama administration with be far too busy with more important things than gun control. “It’s a losing issue” “The Congress may try to send something to him, but he nor … --- ## [LEAST favorite Twilight Zone episode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811)
**Author:** [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-favorite-twilight-zone-episode/587811 "2017-09-23T23:52:05Z")
The Twilight Zone is truly a wonderful show, fully deserving its iconic status. In its best episodes, it explored aspects of the human character that were not often talked about in the early '60s. We all know the great… --- ## [So much for more dollar coins.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-more-dollar-coins/606066)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-more-dollar-coins/606066 "2013-07-29T20:37:50Z")
Ha-Ha! We don’t like them, we don’t want them, you can’t make us use them! Paper bills forever! --- ## [PETA is not just a punchline. They are EVIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-is-not-just-a-punchline-they-are-evil/659675)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-is-not-just-a-punchline-they-are-evil/659675 "2013-07-08T13:03:59Z")
I know pitting PETA is a low hanging fruit, but I’m not pitting their ad campaigns or anything their directors said. I am pitting their “animal shelter” at their National Head Quarters in Norfolk, Virginia. Virginia ha… --- ## [Where is the liberal and feminist outrage over misogynistic attacks on Melania Trump by Bow Wow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-liberal-and-feminist-outrage-over-misogynistic-attacks-on-melania-trump-by-bow-wow/782295)
**Author:** [@ckalli1998](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ckalli1998)\ **Replies:** 379\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-liberal-and-feminist-outrage-over-misogynistic-attacks-on-melania-trump-by-bow-wow/782295 "2017-03-21T00:51:01Z")
I’m getting more and more disgusted by the overt hypocrisies of the liberal, feminist left. As I’m sure those of you who haven’t been living under a cave are aware, Snoop Dogg made a gratuitous video in which he literal… --- ## [N. and S. Korea firing artillery at each other](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n-and-s-korea-firing-artillery-at-each-other/563483)
**Author:** [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Replies:** 287\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n-and-s-korea-firing-artillery-at-each-other/563483 "2011-01-27T02:44:56Z")
First up, let’s poison the well… WITH TRUTH! Communists are evil and their supporters are (at worst) just as evil or (at best) a bunch of fuzzy-headed nitwits who pick and choose what history to read and believe and pro… --- ## [Let's pit Dopers who engage in debate with Starving Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pit-dopers-who-engage-in-debate-with-starving-artist/515389)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 445\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-pit-dopers-who-engage-in-debate-with-starving-artist/515389 "2009-11-03T20:14:48Z")
Including myself, up to now. Never again. Why do you bother? Is there another Doper with a more willfully, vigorously defended grasp on ignorance? Is there another Doper who’s put as much energy into participating in di… --- ## [Actors who left hit shows for "better opportunities" and disappeared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-left-hit-shows-for-better-opportunities-and-disappeared/650693)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-left-hit-shows-for-better-opportunities-and-disappeared/650693 "2013-02-21T20:48:00Z")
Thread inspired by this post from the Downton Abbey thread (re an actor who played a major character on the show and was just killed off): I’m thinking of other actors in other series who think that because the show’s … --- ## [Do very nice steakhouses actually have temps like "med. rare plus"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-very-nice-steakhouses-actually-have-temps-like-med-rare-plus/521120)
**Author:** [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-very-nice-steakhouses-actually-have-temps-like-med-rare-plus/521120 "2009-12-19T23:34:39Z")
Hi, there. I’ve worked in Steakhouses either as cook or waiter for a few years now, but never in any sort of super high end restaurant. The most expensive place sells a N.Y. Strips for about $26 or so. A common theme … --- ## [Make the soccer goal wider](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-soccer-goal-wider/680321)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-soccer-goal-wider/680321 "2015-03-03T14:18:23Z")
Sheesh with all the 1-0, 0-1 and 0-0 games played, would it kill you to increase the width of the goal by a foot or so? The World Cup was won a few years ago on penalty kicks. The heck? Tradition, shmadition. --- ## [Why did John Candy die so young?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-john-candy-die-so-young/276255)
**Author:** [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-john-candy-die-so-young/276255 "2016-06-26T04:26:14Z")
I was reading up on IMDB, and I saw that John Candy was only 44 when he died of a heart attack. I know that celebrities have access to personal physicians and extraordinary health care, so it seems that he died at a very… --- ## [What the fuck is wrong with Huey Freeman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 497\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-huey-freeman/827427 "2019-01-29T04:16:47Z")
tl;dr Huey is a ableist, racist bastard. In the Black Lives Matter Omnibus thread, Huey has an extremely odd and offensive fascination with autism. Here’s a sample: He uses autism as a pejorative routinely. I struggle… --- ## [Question For Guys Who Have Attractive Sisters...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-guys-who-have-attractive-sisters/163794)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-guys-who-have-attractive-sisters/163794 "2017-08-18T12:54:07Z")
I met the sister of a friend of mine this weekend and couldn’t help but notice that she was a very attractive young woman. I immediately wondered what it must have been like for him growing up under those circumstances- … --- ## [More fake facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-fake-facts/632353)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-fake-facts/632353 "2012-12-31T14:46:49Z")
Tootsie Rolls were invented in 1896 when Leo Hirshfield named the candy after his daughter. Roll, an obese quadriplegic, was not well-loved. Due to their long association with cephalopods, most Japanese people lack the … --- ## [Odd little habits you have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-habits-you-have/36239)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 344\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-habits-you-have/36239 "2003-06-24T21:32:02Z")
I hope I’m not the only one who does these little wierd things all the time, so come on in and add yours to the list. Mine is that whenever I give a cashier or someone else change, I give them all the old tarnished coin… --- ## [Underrated beauties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735)
**Author:** [@Christopher\_Robin\_Davies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Christopher_Robin_Davies)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-beauties/617735 "2012-04-12T16:13:09Z")
Independence Day was on AMC the other day so I stopped to watch about half an hour of it. As I watched I was reminded of how beautiful Margaret Colin was back then. She played Jeff Goldblum’s ex-wife (also presidential a… --- ## [On "I'm Christian, unless you're gay" and Christian "tolerance"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-im-christian-unless-youre-gay-and-christian-tolerance/617867)
**Author:** [@Condescending\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Condescending_Robot)\ **Replies:** 324\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-im-christian-unless-youre-gay-and-christian-tolerance/617867 "2012-04-26T05:40:17Z")
(Mods please fix typo in title. That’s another thing not to tolerate…) So, this has become the latest feel-good Internet meme with the occasional real-world resonance. I find it absolutely appalling and a perfect summa… --- ## [Adult woman throws temper tantrum because hubby won't take her to the lake.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-woman-throws-temper-tantrum-because-hubby-wont-take-her-to-the-lake/664300)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-woman-throws-temper-tantrum-because-hubby-wont-take-her-to-the-lake/664300 "2013-07-29T14:36:43Z")
I’ve heard of adults that were never disciplined as a child. This is the first time I’ve seen the results. A grown woman throwing a temper tantrum like a 4 year old. :eek: Why didn’t she simply didn’t go to the lake by h… --- ## [Have you ever gotten stuck in your dream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-stuck-in-your-dream/523295)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-stuck-in-your-dream/523295 "2021-02-19T23:14:44Z")
This is inspired by the interesting dream thread, but I didn’t want to hijack it so I created my own. I sometimes get stuck in my dreams, particularly if I’m taking a nap. What I mean by this is that I realize that I’m… --- ## [Serenity (Open spoilers a plenty! You've been warned!))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-open-spoilers-a-plenty-youve-been-warned/324011)
**Author:** [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Replies:** 546\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2005, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-open-spoilers-a-plenty-youve-been-warned/324011 "2005-11-04T11:03:49Z")
HOLY CRAP!!! Yes it was good. Of course it was good… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . But Wash and Book BOTH DIE?! I did NOT see that coming! I went with 3 people who hadn’t seen the series – actually, … --- ## [I Pit Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 1498\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738 "2026-10-27T12:08:07Z")
Continued from the What Were You Thinking? thread . --- ## [California Microstamping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-microstamping/422695)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-microstamping/422695 "2015-03-19T15:41:21Z")
Yes, this is another gripe about what I consider a foolish law, and no, I don’t live in California, so let’s get that out of the way right now. Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill requiring microstamping of r… --- ## [Declanium is a sorry excuse for a mother.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declanium-is-a-sorry-excuse-for-a-mother/847539)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 576\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declanium-is-a-sorry-excuse-for-a-mother/847539 "2020-02-22T02:24:05Z")
Seriously Declanium, you are one miserable human being. link I can’t very well summarize it, because there’s too much “WTF?” going in that thread. Basically it’s: “My sons smoke weed so now I’m disowning them”. I t… --- ## [Ladies: Show Us Your Nipples! Redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-show-us-your-nipples-redux/604360)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-show-us-your-nipples-redux/604360 "2011-12-12T14:54:25Z")
The female breast is one of nature’s exquisite successes, and in my experience (both personal and pornographic), the nipple thereon appears in near infinite variety. Big ones, small ones, long ones, short ones, pink one… --- ## [Whore Heels, Why Do Women Wear Them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whore-heels-why-do-women-wear-them/607291)
**Author:** [@Bloodless\_Turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodless_Turnip)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whore-heels-why-do-women-wear-them/607291 "2011-12-30T20:37:08Z")
As the title says, why do women wear those 3" or higher horrifically uncomfortable (and terrible for your feet) shoes? Is it because they think men find them attractive? Is it because other women judge them by what the… --- ## [How would an anarchist society avoid recreating government?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-an-anarchist-society-avoid-recreating-government/613122)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-an-anarchist-society-avoid-recreating-government/613122 "2012-03-01T22:02:49Z")
Please no links to verbose gobbly gook about self organizing spontaneous communities and such, I’ve had enough such links that explain in 20K words absolutely nothing about anarchist society except that its awesome. So … --- ## [Minimum wage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-wage/667503)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 257\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-wage/667503 "2013-09-21T17:20:03Z")
There are protests in downtown Seattle today, where people are demanding an increase in the minimum wage to $15/hour. I believe there are other protests across the country. I’m a Liberal, and I think people should earn… --- ## [If one race is faster, more athletic, stronger in sports - what's bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-one-race-is-faster-more-athletic-stronger-in-sports-whats-bad/746836)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 383\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-one-race-is-faster-more-athletic-stronger-in-sports-whats-bad/746836 "2016-03-25T04:32:54Z")
In some other thread discussions there were people who vehemently rejected the notion that black athletes had a genetic advantage in speed, agility, etc. when it came to explaining why wide receivers, defensive backs or … --- ## [Bethesda's Fallout 76 \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bethesdas-fallout-76-edited-title/815125)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bethesdas-fallout-76-edited-title/815125 "2020-05-03T02:44:12Z")
So they have something to announce today about Fallout. If it isn’t Fallout 5, I don’t think they should be teasing it this much. A tease like this should NOT end with “Happy 10th birthday, Fallout 3, we re-mastered you… --- ## [Can you ID the actress in the Steppin' Out video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-actress-in-the-steppin-out-video/762185)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-actress-in-the-steppin-out-video/762185 "2025-07-05T22:01:11Z")
My Google-Fu is weak on this one. In the video for Joe Jackson’s Steppin’ Out, who is the actress that plays the maid who is fantasizing about the night on the town? She has always looked familiar, but I cannot put a n… --- ## [Is it illegal/ticketable to cut through a parking lot to avoid a traffic light?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-illegal-ticketable-to-cut-through-a-parking-lot-to-avoid-a-traffic-light/603846)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-illegal-ticketable-to-cut-through-a-parking-lot-to-avoid-a-traffic-light/603846 "2011-12-02T23:00:59Z")
I was told that it was, a long time ago, but I don’t remember who told me or how credible they were. If you are at an intersection at a red light, but there is a parking lot at that intersection with entrance/exits onto … --- ## [Buttered roll-- a New York thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttered-roll-a-new-york-thing/638137)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttered-roll-a-new-york-thing/638137 "2017-08-12T22:07:06Z")
A co-worker of mine is from California and, until today, she did not know what a buttered roll was. Not a dinner roll with butter on it but a big, soft in the inside, chewy on the outside roll. Usually eaten in the morn… --- ## [MacMillan and Wife... no wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macmillan-and-wife-no-wife/132081)
**Author:** [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macmillan-and-wife-no-wife/132081 "2014-06-19T00:37:02Z")
One summer I was stuck at my relatives with no job – the only thing on during they day were sopas, talk shows and re-runs of detective shows on A&E like, Banacek, Columbo and MacMillan and Wife. Since you saw episodes a… --- ## ["In the land of Mars, where the ladies smoke cigars..".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-land-of-mars-where-the-ladies-smoke-cigars/552700)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-land-of-mars-where-the-ladies-smoke-cigars/552700 "2022-11-25T17:32:29Z")
What’s the origin of this playground rhyme / song? It’s set to the archetypal “snake charmer” music, the words I remember were: In the land of Mars, Where the ladies smoke cigars, Every puff they take Is enough to k… --- ## [Why isn't Uber regulated as a taxi service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-uber-regulated-as-a-taxi-service/722673)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2015, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-uber-regulated-as-a-taxi-service/722673 "2015-06-28T09:11:38Z")
I can see why Uber works and has such wide appeal, but why don’t municipalities regulate Uber as a taxi service? As I understand it, most cities require taxi licenses that can be quite expensive, and the companies and dr… --- ## [Parents; banned packed lunches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-banned-packed-lunches/693149)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-banned-packed-lunches/693149 "2014-07-24T16:12:53Z")
A school near me has banned children bringing their own packed lunches to eat on health grounds, instead offering free meals they insist are healthier. Parents are up in arms about it but the school is sticking to its g… --- ## [Jackals of the Dope, I pit you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackals-of-the-dope-i-pit-you/399708)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 612\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackals-of-the-dope-i-pit-you/399708 "2007-04-18T16:20:13Z")
Greetings and salutations everyone, The chickens are restless, and I for one will not tolerate this cluckery. Lately, the mob mentality of the Dope has reached critical mass. RSSChen/MizGrande’s exceedingly unwise po… --- ## [Are prison inmates allowed to sleep in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-prison-inmates-allowed-to-sleep-in/575870)
**Author:** [@Submerged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Submerged)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-prison-inmates-allowed-to-sleep-in/575870 "2018-07-19T18:44:37Z")
I’m pretty sure the answer is no. But that got me wondering…why? Googling daily routines in prison, it seems that inmates are required to get up very early in the morning (some cites list it as 4 am for some prisons!), … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=80&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=82&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)