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**Author:** [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-fridge-smell-like-acetone/638878 "2022-01-16T16:18:01Z")
So, about a month ago, my fridge started smelling like acetone (or maybe very strong vinegar, definitely a strong bracing smell). I’m trying to figure out what this is so I can get my landlord to fix it. The strength o… --- ## [Conservative groups spend up to $1bn a year to fight action on climate change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-groups-spend-up-to-1bn-a-year-to-fight-action-on-climate-change/677029)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-groups-spend-up-to-1bn-a-year-to-fight-action-on-climate-change/677029 "2014-02-18T20:09:44Z")
From The Guardian: Brulle’s study. Abstract only – the article is behind a paywall. I venture to suggest that no corporation would spend that kind of money to get the truth out. --- ## [Why do so many Americans actually hate soccer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-americans-actually-hate-soccer/661481)
**Author:** [@davidborts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidborts)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-americans-actually-hate-soccer/661481 "2013-08-05T17:54:26Z")
I don’t mean those who are simply uninterested in the sport, I those who write anti-soccer articles whenever the World Cup rolls around or the masses who go to twitter to bash soccer whenever its shown on ESPN. Why are s… --- ## [Please, help me deal with my girlfriend's boobs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-deal-with-my-girlfriends-boobs/117131)
**Author:** [@\_etalhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_etalhea)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-deal-with-my-girlfriends-boobs/117131 "2002-07-05T21:46:16Z")
OK. Half of you are probably gonna laugh at me and wonder why I’m bitching, and the other half are probably going to think I’m a no-good chauvinistic bastard. Hopefully, someone out there will at least relate to my dil… --- ## [Sam Stone - Why do you hate America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-why-do-you-hate-america/552037)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-why-do-you-hate-america/552037 "2010-09-06T02:25:40Z")
Seriously - Why do you hate America? You’re a Canadian with no dog in the fight yet rant like you fear Hussein’s secret muslim storm troopers are going to kick in your door, hyperinflate your savings and start waterboard… --- ## [screaming kids - really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-kids-really/597525)
**Author:** [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-kids-really/597525 "2011-10-11T04:28:30Z")
This is probably in the wrong place, but I don’t want to put it in the Pit because all I’ll get is “you chyld hater you” responses. OK… For the third straight weekend, the people across the street have rented one of th… --- ## [Jessica Jones - Series 1 Release Thread \[Open Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-jones-series-1-release-thread-open-spoilers/737993)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 263\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-jones-series-1-release-thread-open-spoilers/737993 "2016-04-20T22:07:04Z")
There have been threads and discussion on the Jessica Jones Netflix series, but I thought I would start a fresh one for the release, coming tomorrow. The NYTimes review was largely favorable. The describe it as less of… --- ## [Forbidden Thread: Mafia V](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-thread-mafia-v/409509)
**Author:** [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Replies:** 756\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forbidden-thread-mafia-v/409509 "2007-09-15T03:49:59Z")
Welcome one, welcome all… unless you’re still alive in Mafia V, then GO AWAY! Spectators and the dead, please feel free to comment in this thread. Subs, feel free to participate. To future dead players, especially if … --- ## [Alligator drags away 2-year-old boy in Florida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-drags-away-2-year-old-boy-in-florida/757403)
**Author:** [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-drags-away-2-year-old-boy-in-florida/757403 "2016-07-27T02:08:25Z")
More horrible news from the Orlando area. A family from Nebraska was staying at a Disney resort hotel and they were “relaxing on the shoreline when the alligator attacked the boy. The father entered the water and tried … --- ## [First names with apostrophes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-with-apostrophes/89817)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-with-apostrophes/89817 "2001-11-01T19:19:24Z")
•De’wayne •La’tanya •D’Juan Is there a function of the apostrophe other than signifying removed letters (as in contractions) or posessives? I work with all three of these people and had always called them Duane, Latan… --- ## [Could I punch through a car window?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-punch-through-a-car-window/544000)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-punch-through-a-car-window/544000 "2010-06-23T19:19:11Z")
Having read the MPSIMS thread on leaving a child unattended in a car, I got to wondering, would a person of average strength and ability be able to knock out a car window without the use of tools? If so, what would be t… --- ## [Is This Rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-rape/613218)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-rape/613218 "2012-02-23T18:48:51Z")
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/02/17/427778/virginia-poised-to-enact-state-sponsored-rape-law-forcing-women-to-be-vaginally-probed-before-abortions/ As a pro-lifer while I support having at the least requiring wo… --- ## [Silliest Foodie Item, Idea, or Trend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-foodie-item-idea-or-trend/650533)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-foodie-item-idea-or-trend/650533 "2013-02-26T03:36:25Z")
My nomination is…gourmet specialty salts. Granted it’s not sweeping the nation, but I could only shake my head when a chef at a cooking demonstration at the Chicago Botanic Garden a few years ago made some kind of fish … --- ## [Things that should be invented, could be invented, but haven't been invented](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-should-be-invented-could-be-invented-but-havent-been-invented/52740)
**Author:** [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-should-be-invented-could-be-invented-but-havent-been-invented/52740 "2015-10-25T13:04:45Z")
I’d love to have a donut making machine like thay use at Krispy Kreme, scaled down to fit in the kitchen. What would you like to see invented that could be made with current technology? --- ## [Clinton claimed he had "four surplus budgets" at DNC speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-claimed-he-had-four-surplus-budgets-at-dnc-speech/633918)
**Author:** [@moonshot925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonshot925)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-claimed-he-had-four-surplus-budgets-at-dnc-speech/633918 "2012-09-14T02:46:03Z")
“People ask me all the time how we delivered four surplus budgets.” The problem is there was no surplus. The debt held by the public decreased but intergovernmental holdings increased far more. Which is why the total gr… --- ## [Would YOU write a letter of apology to a professor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-write-a-letter-of-apology-to-a-professor/780503)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-write-a-letter-of-apology-to-a-professor/780503 "2017-03-30T02:31:48Z")
A couple of months ago an Orange County college student secretly recorded his teacher ranting on Trump. This was posted on social media. LINK Now the administration has suspended the student and told him if he wants bac… --- ## [New poll: Majority of Americans support legalising gay marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poll-majority-of-americans-support-legalising-gay-marriage/582736)
**Author:** [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poll-majority-of-americans-support-legalising-gay-marriage/582736 "2011-06-05T14:03:39Z")
Some very interesting (and IMO fantastic) news: New poll: Majority of Americans support legalising gay marriage Here is a tracking graph since 1996(.gif file) Sadly, this view is not changing amongst Republicans: S… --- ## [Game of Thrones 6.06 "Blood of My Blood" 5/29/16 \[Show discussion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-06-blood-of-my-blood-5-29-16-show-discussion/756044)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 300\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-06-blood-of-my-blood-5-29-16-show-discussion/756044 "2016-06-06T08:08:36Z")
6.01 The Red Woman 6.02 Home 6.03 Oathbreaker 6.04 Book of the Stranger 6.05 The Door The books do not exist in this thread. This is the thread for open discussion about the books and show. One thing I’d like to s… --- ## [Proof That God Exists: An Open Debate For The Existence of God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-god-exists-an-open-debate-for-the-existence-of-god/764578)
**Author:** [@Jeduraiya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeduraiya)\ **Replies:** 377\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-god-exists-an-open-debate-for-the-existence-of-god/764578 "2016-09-14T22:53:35Z")
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect had intended for us to forgo their use.”\*\* -Galileo \*\* PROLOUGE Hello, I have been a member of message boards severa… --- ## [Your animals aren't your kids.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-animals-arent-your-kids/345783)
**Author:** [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Replies:** 463\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-animals-arent-your-kids/345783 "2006-02-28T03:50:15Z")
Some select quotes from this IMHO thread about what you would pay to get your pet fixed up by a vet. Newsflash, idiots: Unless you’re actually talking about your baby goats, your animals ARE NOT YOUR FUCKING KIDS. T… --- ## [The word "crudités"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-crudites/581287)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 285\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-crudites/581287 "2011-05-13T01:22:25Z")
Do you know it? Do you think it’s a common word? Question arose fromthis thread. It would be helpful if voters could post their location or rather, where in the world the term is commonly used. Poll to follow. --- ## [Question regarding the attack on Pearl Harbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-attack-on-pearl-harbor/666628)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-attack-on-pearl-harbor/666628 "2013-09-09T14:51:36Z")
Hi, I’m interested to know if serious, respected historians are debating whether FDR had advance knowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 or whether the question has been settled, and is only debated… --- ## [Is the 2nd Amendment an anachronism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-2nd-amendment-an-anachronism/618976)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 422\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-2nd-amendment-an-anachronism/618976 "2012-04-25T20:09:19Z")
The 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution, that is. I think so. The idea that the citizens need to be able to take on the federal government by force is not only laughable, it seems rather a quaint idea whose time has … --- ## [Help get rid of the stink under my watch!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-rid-of-the-stink-under-my-watch/68846)
**Author:** [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-get-rid-of-the-stink-under-my-watch/68846 "2019-08-02T11:45:12Z")
First, let me say that I am not a stinky person by nature. I guess I’m just blessed that way or something. :rolleyes: :wink: Ok, so here’s my predicament: Near the end of a typical workday, I can occasionally catch a w… --- ## [O.J. Simpson, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt/645185)
**Author:** [@pchaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pchaos)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-simpson-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt/645185 "2013-01-10T16:39:44Z")
In order for the Jury to find O.J. Simpson guilty of murder, the prosecution had to prove that it was beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty. Is that a reasonable standard? Should it be higher or lower? In gener… --- ## [Why is underwear called "a pair" when it's just one item?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-underwear-called-a-pair-when-its-just-one-item/600451)
**Author:** [@Mamavalveeta03](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamavalveeta03)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-underwear-called-a-pair-when-its-just-one-item/600451 "2017-08-30T02:15:08Z")
The other day, my husband asked me if he had a pair of underwear that was clean. I said, “Yes,” and handed him 2 undergarments. He looked very puzzled and inquired, “Why did you give me 2?” “You asked for a pair. That’… --- ## [To flush or not to flush... your tampons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-flush-or-not-to-flush-your-tampons/551915)
**Author:** [@Meester\_Tuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meester_Tuff)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-flush-or-not-to-flush-your-tampons/551915 "2011-11-19T00:46:58Z")
Do you flush your tampons? Growing up it was taboo to flush tampons in my house (but very not taboo for my father to articulate this loudly to my sister). My dad was concerned it would clog the septic tank (between my … --- ## [Is Afghanistan "Worth It"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-afghanistan-worth-it/545700)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-afghanistan-worth-it/545700 "2010-08-23T02:54:45Z")
I ask because combat deaths (US and coalition) have passed 1900. We have spent 100’s of $ billions, and 9 years trying to : end the rule of the Taliban bring some education to the Afghan people -“stabilize” Afghanista… --- ## [Electric Sun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-sun/363586)
**Author:** [@TheFonz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFonz)\ **Replies:** 438\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-sun/363586 "2010-09-17T03:24:48Z")
The most detailed pictures ever taken of the Sun reveal the insides of striking snake-like filaments that reach from bright portions of the solar surface into the dark hearts of sunspots. … --- ## [2016 Formula One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-formula-one/749467)
**Author:** [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-formula-one/749467 "2016-12-21T13:58:24Z")
I didn’t see anyone had started a thread for this season, so here goes. I’m going to be most interested to see how the Haas team does this year. Got the DVR set for qualifying early tomorrow morning, I’ll watch it afte… --- ## [So, how exactly does rat poison kill the rat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-does-rat-poison-kill-the-rat/216608)
**Author:** [@DeathLlama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeathLlama)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-does-rat-poison-kill-the-rat/216608 "2016-11-01T03:05:48Z")
Ruffian and I woke to the sound of vermin scurrying around in our attic the other night. Grrrr. After doing a brief poop analysis the following day, we determined the vermin were rat in nature and we purchased the appr… --- ## [Is the Big Bang Theory racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-big-bang-theory-racist/646243)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-big-bang-theory-racist/646243 "2013-01-14T23:04:02Z")
I tried watching a few episodes, but I got completely turned off because it seemed to me that they were simply disguising racism jokes as nerd jokes. In particular, I was turned off by the Jew and Hindi jokes. Is it some… --- ## [Toyota stuck gas pedal - Just take it out of gear!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-stuck-gas-pedal-just-take-it-out-of-gear/527734)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-stuck-gas-pedal-just-take-it-out-of-gear/527734 "2010-03-11T16:47:08Z")
I don’t want to sound too insensitive to the people that got killed in the Lexus with the stuck accelerator pedal, but, Jesus-tapdancing-Christ!, wouldn’t it be unbelievably obvious to anyone that you just have to move t… --- ## [Do Sex Therapists Have Sex With You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sex-therapists-have-sex-with-you/423285)
**Author:** [@noblebaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noblebaron)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sex-therapists-have-sex-with-you/423285 "2017-10-17T16:18:58Z")
Are there any sex therapists who actually engage in one-on-one private sex therapy with their clients? I’m thinking of a professional setting where the therapist actually physically engages the client in a therapeutic s… --- ## [Is it safe for pornstars to prolapse their buttholes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-for-pornstars-to-prolapse-their-buttholes/760096)
**Author:** [@Hollla\_theMonkeys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hollla_theMonkeys)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-for-pornstars-to-prolapse-their-buttholes/760096 "2016-08-05T01:43:50Z")
I Consider myself a connoisseur of porn to a degree. I like just about all varieties of porn, with the exception of poop-related porn and dude on dude. That being said, I’ve been particularly intrigued by the recent addi… --- ## [Why is the movie "The Wizard of Oz" stereotypically associated with gay male culture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-movie-the-wizard-of-oz-stereotypically-associated-with-gay-male-culture/367666)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-movie-the-wizard-of-oz-stereotypically-associated-with-gay-male-culture/367666 "2018-07-29T02:54:40Z")
(I realize that this might end up in IMHO. We’ll cross that rainbow when we come to it.) “The Wizard of Oz” is the single movie most associated with the gay male culture in this country. Movies (viz. My Fellow Americans)… --- ## [Should Homophobe Muslims in the west realize that diversity and respect run both ways?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-homophobe-muslims-in-the-west-realize-that-diversity-and-respect-run-both-ways/613290)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-homophobe-muslims-in-the-west-realize-that-diversity-and-respect-run-both-ways/613290 "2012-02-24T11:14:08Z")
At what point are gays in the west allowed to react to Islamic homophobia in their own western democracies? At what point can we ask the growing, increasingly militant and assertive Muslim communities in our countries to… --- ## [What famously "good looking' people do you not like the looks of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2009, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famously-good-looking-people-do-you-not-like-the-looks-of/504975 "2009-08-06T09:36:25Z")
You know, people who are presented to us by the media as beautiful/handsome/lovely/etc., and lots of people seem to agree, but it leaves you mystified because in your eyes they’re plain or even homely? My example: Sarah… --- ## [Upstairs neighbor is a peeping tom (listener), what should I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upstairs-neighbor-is-a-peeping-tom-listener-what-should-i-do/549157)
**Author:** [@posskb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/posskb)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upstairs-neighbor-is-a-peeping-tom-listener-what-should-i-do/549157 "2012-09-26T16:05:50Z")
My upstairs neighbor every day spends almost all of her time listening to me. She has a squeeky floor and everwhere I go she follows. She’s doing it right now:rolleyes:. Yeah this messed up woman listens to me while I’m … --- ## ["Second Amendment Solutions" (the \[hopefully civil\] GD version)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-amendment-solutions-the-hopefully-civil-gd-version/566921)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-amendment-solutions-the-hopefully-civil-gd-version/566921 "2011-01-13T11:24:37Z")
EDIT in case this gets bumped in the future: Thread is about the shooting of US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords In all calm honesty, how many of us predicted this? How often was it discussed that someone could/probably… --- ## [July 4, 2019: Trumpendence Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-4-2019-trumpendence-day/835425)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 417\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-4-2019-trumpendence-day/835425 "2019-07-10T21:11:59Z")
According to the Associated Press, Trump’s 4th of July celebration is “a mystery”. I guess that’s the polite way of saying “a shitshow of epic proportions”. Isn’t this normally an event that draws hundred of thousands … --- ## [What the fuck is wrong with Mexico?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-mexico/564615)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-mexico/564615 "2010-12-31T22:54:10Z")
Perhaps it’s just because of my proximity to Mexico, but I read a lot in the papers about things that happen there, and after the latest news, I gotta ask: what the fuck is wrong with Mexico? For those who haven’t seen… --- ## [Another "Anti-Gay" Crusader Falls Out Of The Closet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 376\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349 "2010-05-25T14:59:18Z")
In other news, Bear Defecates In Woods, Benedict XVI Professes Catholicism: I guess those “systematic attempts” must have a few kinks still to be worked out… --- ## [Major League Baseball Hot Stove League Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-hot-stove-league-thread/771382)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-hot-stove-league-thread/771382 "2017-03-02T20:30:15Z")
Please come on in for the discussion of baseball trades, free agency signings, and all that other fun stuff until spring comes back! --- ## [How (theoretically) can metal detectors be defeated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-theoretically-can-metal-detectors-be-defeated/686830)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-theoretically-can-metal-detectors-be-defeated/686830 "2022-06-13T04:47:45Z")
I’m only asking because I’m sure that if there is any possible combination of materials that could hide a metal object from metal detectors, the major intelligence agencies are using them. But from a physics standpoint, … --- ## [WaPo editorial "Why America needs a hate speech law"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-editorial-why-america-needs-a-hate-speech-law/842699)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 513\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-editorial-why-america-needs-a-hate-speech-law/842699 "2019-11-19T12:44:14Z")
The editorial is by Richard Stengel, MSNBC analyst and former Time magazine editor and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Problems with attempts to control hate speech always begin wi… --- ## [The Signifying Douchebag? \[Henry Gates arrest - racism?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-signifying-douchebag-henry-gates-arrest-racism/503703)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-signifying-douchebag-henry-gates-arrest-racism/503703 "2009-07-25T00:04:07Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/us/21gates.html Henry Louis Gates is a renowed African American critic and scholar who teaches at Harvard University. He locks himself out of his house and forces his way in. A girl wal… --- ## [Two women under one roof is "misery" in Chinese. Or not.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-women-under-one-roof-is-misery-in-chinese-or-not/427087)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-women-under-one-roof-is-misery-in-chinese-or-not/427087 "2015-03-30T16:07:31Z")
I’ve heard this factoid for a number of years, pre e-mail glurge too, but is there any truth to it? The “two women…” part is attributed to Chinese, Japanese, Korean, any language with pictograms. It’s also said to mean m… --- ## [Psychological reasons for being a slob?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-reasons-for-being-a-slob/207248)
**Author:** [@hapaXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hapaXL)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychological-reasons-for-being-a-slob/207248 "2021-07-11T01:16:12Z")
My friend is complete slob - piles of sweaty clothes in the living room, moldy dishes, stacks and stacks of papers all over the house - and I’ve begun to wonder why? I’ve heard of depressed people lacking the energy to … --- ## [Americas: Census at contact myth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-census-at-contact-myth/578309)
**Author:** [@pinguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinguin)\ **Replies:** 433\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-census-at-contact-myth/578309 "2011-04-22T00:09:13Z")
I has always wonder how come so many “scientists” speak about the impact of diseases in the Americas, and the millions of people that died like flies… When there is NO CENSUS, and NO RELIABLE FIGURE, of the population o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=81&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=83&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)