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**Author:** [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reparations-revisited/681969 "2015-10-16T19:55:05Z")
Overall, blacks have been quite patient in waiting for the United States to get its act together. The U.S failed to reintegrate blacks into society during Reconstruction and it failed to thwart state-legislated Jim Cro… --- ## [Starving Artist Has Issues With Long Hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-has-issues-with-long-hair/502775)
**Author:** [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Replies:** 465\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artist-has-issues-with-long-hair/502775 "2009-07-16T19:51:05Z")
From this sad, sad thead. Resolved: Starving Artist is really, really, really stupid. Oh, sure, of course NONE of those things existed prior to 1950, uh-huh. :rolleyes: NO ONE ever heard of syphilis before. Or opium … --- ## [Who is the heaviest smoker you have known?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-heaviest-smoker-you-have-known/615360)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-heaviest-smoker-you-have-known/615360 "2015-01-17T23:51:19Z")
And how much do(did) they smoke? I was reading about King Zog, who apparently could do 200 cigarettes a day(10 packs). I was also reading this old thread, about a carton a day habit being possible. Anyway, when I lived… --- ## [Well, it's June; what's bugging you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-june-whats-bugging-you/787779)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 371\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-its-june-whats-bugging-you/787779 "2017-07-02T17:10:37Z")
Apostille. Yes, that one word is freaking me out. It’s supposed to make it easier to have one country recognize a legal document from another country. Dream on, fool! What it does is add a minimum of one extra step–not f… --- ## [Sloop John B.- what's it about, really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sloop-john-b-whats-it-about-really/138431)
**Author:** [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sloop-john-b-whats-it-about-really/138431 "2018-11-01T05:24:21Z")
“Sloop John B.” is far and away my favorite Beach Boys song, even sits higher on my list than “I’m Bugged at My Old Man”. But, well, I’ve become increasingly certain that the song is not just about a bad boat ride. The u… --- ## [Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamie-olivers-food-revolution/533990)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamie-olivers-food-revolution/533990 "2010-04-13T18:30:42Z")
Thread for the entire series. Airs Fridays at 8pm Eastern I only got to see the second hour tonight. I was appalled at how much processed junk is served in schools. They still cooked a lot from scratch when I went in th… --- ## [Antibiotics --\> yeast infection. How soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibiotics-yeast-infection-how-soon/536945)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibiotics-yeast-infection-how-soon/536945 "2010-04-24T05:54:46Z")
This isn’t a request for advice since I have no symptoms, just curiousity about something I’ve never experienced myself. (yet. knock on wood) I’ve read that taking antibiotics often leads to a yeast infection, though I’… --- ## [Botticelli - Sep 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 394\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-sep-2013/667928 "2013-10-05T01:51:29Z")
(Check the “More August Botticelli” thread for final comments on the previous game.) I am D! --- ## [Prepping a shot of heroin, why the lighter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepping-a-shot-of-heroin-why-the-lighter/652882)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepping-a-shot-of-heroin-why-the-lighter/652882 "2017-03-23T19:13:04Z")
I’ve never seen anyone use a lighter in real life in documentaries, never seen a lighter used in real either. Yet in a lot of old movies and heroin addict media you’ll see a lighter applied to the spoon with the water o… --- ## [UK EU In/Out referendum-:Polling day thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-eu-in-out-referendum-polling-day-thread/758125)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-eu-in-out-referendum-polling-day-thread/758125 "2016-07-03T13:09:05Z")
So, the referendum is on today. Will it be Rule Britannia or Ruled Britannia.:smiley: BBC has an excellent page --- ## [Ethical Implications of Remaining Childless By Choice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-implications-of-remaining-childless-by-choice/521653)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-implications-of-remaining-childless-by-choice/521653 "2010-01-04T18:47:38Z")
I would like to start off by saying that I am 25 years old, childless, and plan on remaining childless, although I also freely grant that my feelings on the matter could change. I’ve heard from childless-by-choice peopl… --- ## [''Gifted Children'' - Where Are You Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gifted-children-where-are-you-now/544824)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gifted-children-where-are-you-now/544824 "2013-08-02T23:25:08Z")
In this thread on early readers, I made the following comment: \[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th\] I think people tend to vastly overestimate the correlation between early reading comprehension/IQ/‘‘giftedness’’ and real-life succe… --- ## [Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Part 2 thread \[open spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles-season-2-part-2-thread-open-spoilers/485694)
**Author:** [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Replies:** 312\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles-season-2-part-2-thread-open-spoilers/485694 "2009-04-26T18:41:26Z")
Sarah (presumably still wounded in that mysterious barn) & the Gang are back again, shuffled off to Fox’s Friday Night Dead Zone leading into Dollhouse. The local TV reviewer promised a very creepy scene with the Shirle… --- ## [Guys: what is having sex while drunk like? Ladies: what's it like having sex with a drunk guy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-is-having-sex-while-drunk-like-ladies-whats-it-like-having-sex-with-a-drunk-guy/535358)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-what-is-having-sex-while-drunk-like-ladies-whats-it-like-having-sex-with-a-drunk-guy/535358 "2010-04-10T14:09:33Z")
A discussion of the myth of Lot & his daughters in my current GD thread got me wondering this. I don’t drink very much and never have, and I’ve never had sex with drunk, or even buzzed. I’ve always assumed that the guy… --- ## [Student banned from wearing somewhat graphic pro-life T shirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-banned-from-wearing-somewhat-graphic-pro-life-t-shirt/502263)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 277\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/student-banned-from-wearing-somewhat-graphic-pro-life-t-shirt/502263 "2009-07-20T03:29:22Z")
Here’s the article with picture. Okay, it’s Fox News, but I really just wanted a picture of the shirt. Do you guys think it’s too graphic/inappropriate for school? It’s definitely kind of oogy but I don’t think it’s as … --- ## [Aphabetic Pairs -- interesting facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 494\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aphabetic-pairs-interesting-facts/783877 "2018-08-11T03:18:12Z")
This will replace the previous “Aphabetic Pairs” thread, which exhausted itself through several variations. The goal now is to go from AA to ZZ (and then repeat), using any binomial expression with the progressing initi… --- ## [Is it possible for a person to never fart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-person-to-never-fart/559447)
**Author:** [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-a-person-to-never-fart/559447 "2010-11-14T19:25:15Z")
A friend of mine claims she never farts. My other friends and I don’t believe her. So, my question is, is it possible for a human being to never fart? --- ## [Epic Story! "The Mystery Of The Transvestite And The Stolen Car "\[now a debate on slurs\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-story-the-mystery-of-the-transvestite-and-the-stolen-car-now-a-debate-on-slurs/626766)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-story-the-mystery-of-the-transvestite-and-the-stolen-car-now-a-debate-on-slurs/626766 "2012-08-17T11:48:38Z")
The Mystery Of The Transvestite And The Stolen Car – Tales From The Valet Stand A tidy little read1 --- ## [Pre 1950s Celebrities With College Degrees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1950s-celebrities-with-college-degrees/772245)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1950s-celebrities-with-college-degrees/772245 "2017-03-01T16:41:33Z")
I like old time movies and radio shows and such and was wondering since college educations didn’t really take off till after WWII and the GI Bill, which celebrities (let’s use 1950 as a cut off date) had college degrees? … --- ## [Why are we afraid of death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-afraid-of-death/540433)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-afraid-of-death/540433 "2010-06-25T18:18:46Z")
Lately I suddenly thought of my own demise, after being sicker than I normally have ever been, and reacted with a sort of terrible anticipation. I am afraid . . . So, this makes me ask, why are humans, assuming it isn’t… --- ## [Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 493\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130 "2021-02-16T01:36:21Z")
Continuing the discussion from Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 1) - #10001 by silenus. Previous discussions: Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 1) --- ## [Official 83rd Academy Awards thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 429\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-83rd-academy-awards-thread/572857 "2011-03-01T15:55:28Z")
Red carpet stuff now. Ryan Seacrest is a dumbass. Ceremony starts in 2 hours. --- ## [How was George Santos' resume not an election issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 541\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-george-santos-resume-not-an-election-issue/977188 "2023-05-10T14:31:50Z")
Or was it? I live on the other side of New York and I didn’t follow the Long Island political news. I’m assuming most people reading this post are aware that George Santos’ resume has made the news. Santos, who was elec… --- ## [DOJ may indict Zimmerman on civil-rights charges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-may-indict-zimmerman-on-civil-rights-charges/663509)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 299\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-may-indict-zimmerman-on-civil-rights-charges/663509 "2015-02-25T19:43:42Z")
Washington Post reports: Boy, does that take you back! Like, to Mississippi Burning. Is this a good or bad idea, do you think? --- ## [Cain has a Clarence Thomas problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cain-has-a-clarence-thomas-problem/601387)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cain-has-a-clarence-thomas-problem/601387 "2011-12-07T00:41:29Z")
The NYT is reporting this morning that there were sexual harassment accusations against Cain back in the 90s. He is of course denying it, but nobody is denying that there were payoffs to make the complaints go away. Tr… --- ## [The power of creative destruction, in 1 picture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-power-of-creative-destruction-in-1-picture/563387)
**Author:** [@Le\_Jacquelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Jacquelope)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-power-of-creative-destruction-in-1-picture/563387 "2011-02-02T00:11:38Z")
6 million Americans out of work for more than 6 months. Capitalist apologists say that we need to send old-industry jobs like manufacturing overseas so that we can free workers in Am… --- ## [Personal responsibility, or avoiding responsibility?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-responsibility-or-avoiding-responsibility/837550)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 304\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-responsibility-or-avoiding-responsibility/837550 "2019-09-04T22:27:31Z")
This is an offshoot from the “which conservative values aren’t based on bigotry” thread. From page 1: For the purposes of this thread, let’s sidestep Airbeck’s point about whether or not personal responsibility is e… --- ## [Testicle Waxing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-waxing/241816)
**Author:** [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testicle-waxing/241816 "2004-06-23T21:25:42Z")
Is it possible to get your plums waxed? I shave at the moment (just my nads, base of my penis and ‘gooch’) but would like to get it waxed instead as the stubble drives me nuts. Is it possible to have this done? How much … --- ## [Who's the best example of "voluptuous"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-best-example-of-voluptuous/646888 "2013-01-30T18:41:10Z")
Assume that you’re trying to explain to someone what it means to be voluptuous and that they have trouble with dictionary definitions of such words. Who would you pick as the prime example? Poll on the way --- ## [Valete, Vox Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 414\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valete-vox-imperatoris/482419 "2009-02-03T15:01:42Z")
Valete, Vox Imperatoris Valete, Vox Imperatoris Valete, Vox Imperatoris Valete, Vox Imperatoris Valete, Vox Imperatoris this is from a thread not even 2 pages long…isnt this just a sig that breaks the one sig p… --- ## [Do you think the store needed to apologize?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-store-needed-to-apologize/601599)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 402\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-the-store-needed-to-apologize/601599 "2011-11-14T17:38:49Z")
Story here. But here’s a summation for those who don’t want to read the link. A couple went to a Safeway supermarket to buy some groceries with their two-year-old daughter. While they were shopping, the mother (who is … --- ## [I pit Richard Dawkins, Victor Davis Hanson and people like them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-richard-dawkins-victor-davis-hanson-and-people-like-them/614708)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-richard-dawkins-victor-davis-hanson-and-people-like-them/614708 "2012-03-09T23:43:11Z")
Why do people think that persons who are experts in one field are somehow experts in all other fields? The two below are just for illustration. Richard Dawkins may be (for all I know) an excellent biological scientist, … --- ## [When was the U.S. Navy at its most powerful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-u-s-navy-at-its-most-powerful/614164)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-u-s-navy-at-its-most-powerful/614164 "2015-09-16T20:21:32Z")
“Most powerful” defined as you see fit - for me, it’d be some combination of firepower and capacity for force projection around the globe. The Navy at the end of the Civil War was large, but it was almost entirely (unde… --- ## [The Exciting Game With One Rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239 "2014-03-18T21:16:06Z")
I won’t tell you what it is. --- ## [The Pay-It-Forward MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pay-it-forward-mmp/706646)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 368\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pay-it-forward-mmp/706646 "2014-12-15T04:22:36Z")
(unless there’s already one called that, in which case we’ll call this "the OTHER Pay-It-Forward MMP) So, yesterday morning as I was about to leave work, I decided to check GasBuddy to find out if gas what still priced … --- ## ["Love" in action and victims of ex-gay brainwashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-in-action-and-victims-of-ex-gay-brainwashing/307531)
**Author:** [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Replies:** 465\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-in-action-and-victims-of-ex-gay-brainwashing/307531 "2005-08-03T15:41:04Z")
This is “Love in Action,” an anti-gay camp for teens to find Jesus and change their sinful sinful ways. And these are the thoughts of a 16 year old boy, who doesn’t want to be a part of it, who came out to his parents o… --- ## [Hoarders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoarders/541633)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoarders/541633 "2010-10-01T07:29:08Z")
Just another vapid pile of crap in the seedy “reality” TV squalor palace, or ingenious allegorical parody of all of us slack jawed gawkers hoarding our freak spottings by obsessively peeping through each other’s windows … --- ## [Television Moments You Won't Forget.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-moments-you-wont-forget/188397)
**Author:** [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-moments-you-wont-forget/188397 "2015-09-08T00:52:46Z")
There are some moments that I think the majority of us will all agree on as being very memorable: MASH finale, Who Shot J.R. and so on. I would like for this to be more personal. Something that happened on a show that … --- ## [Entirely Benign, Appropriate Things That Make You Seethe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entirely-benign-appropriate-things-that-make-you-seethe/943102)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 464\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entirely-benign-appropriate-things-that-make-you-seethe/943102 "2022-07-22T10:40:10Z")
My sunroom is my favorite room in the house. In the summer, I love to hang out in the room in my underwear. Because of the fences, tree cover, etc., you can’t see in from any of my neighbors’ properties except for one.… --- ## [Should My Husband and I Open a Deli?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-my-husband-and-i-open-a-deli/593755)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-my-husband-and-i-open-a-deli/593755 "2014-05-27T12:19:33Z")
Hi there, I have not yet learned how to link to other threads and as I mentioned in another thread that I’m about to mention, I’m currently medicated, so I’m not sure I could learn how right this minute anyway…cause I’m… --- ## [Does GW Bush give you a choice to keep UN inspections in Decision Points Theater?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-gw-bush-give-you-a-choice-to-keep-un-inspections-in-decision-points-theater/660463)
**Author:** [@NotfooledbyW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotfooledbyW)\ **Replies:** 350\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-gw-bush-give-you-a-choice-to-keep-un-inspections-in-decision-points-theater/660463 "2013-09-24T05:06:32Z")
Should the Decision Points Theater interactive exhibit in the George W. Bush Library give you a choice to keep UN inspections as a means to avoid starting a war since historically that is what happened. Saddam Hussein di… --- ## [Flag/pledge/anthem whiners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-pledge-anthem-whiners/764475)
**Author:** [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-pledge-anthem-whiners/764475 "2016-09-09T20:43:13Z")
It’s amazing to me the level of butthurt that happens whenever someone doesn’t stand during the national anthem, doesn’t feel the need to put their hand over their heart during the pledge, or uses the flag as a form of p… --- ## ["Raiders of the Lost Ark". What was happening when it opened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-what-was-happening-when-it-opened/621748)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-what-was-happening-when-it-opened/621748 "2014-09-04T15:26:24Z")
When Belloq opens the Ark it is filled of sand. I guess I’ve always assumed that the stone was weathered but that makes no sense so why was there sand in it? We also know the Ark hates Nazis (it burns the swaztika on t… --- ## [Why is Prince considered to be a genius?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-prince-considered-to-be-a-genius/752896)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-prince-considered-to-be-a-genius/752896 "2018-03-17T12:44:56Z")
I’m not looking for debate or paens to a favorite icon. I’m looking for a technical or factual musical answer. Aside from his gender bending persona, what is it in his music that leads people to consider him such a gre… --- ## [Quality of life without a spleen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-of-life-without-a-spleen/394165)
**Author:** [@neurotic\_audit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neurotic_audit)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quality-of-life-without-a-spleen/394165 "2021-01-23T04:02:00Z")
I had my spleen removed about 5 months ago due to splenomegaly. It weighed over 10 lbs and was slightly larger than a football upon excision, so aside from having exceptionally large incisions with an increased healing … --- ## [A young male African American FB friend is apparently supporting Ron Paul. Is this common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-young-male-african-american-fb-friend-is-apparently-supporting-ron-paul-is-this-common/613791)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-young-male-african-american-fb-friend-is-apparently-supporting-ron-paul-is-this-common/613791 "2012-03-10T04:55:14Z")
A young black man, a coworker from a previous job posted “Don’t Think and Vote, Think and vote for Ron Paul” on FB. Then a young black woman (whom I don’t know) responded with a like and “Paul 2012”. How common is this? … --- ## [Another Neti Pot Posting -- What Am I doing Wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neti-pot-posting-what-am-i-doing-wrong/569850)
**Author:** [@abderian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abderian)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neti-pot-posting-what-am-i-doing-wrong/569850 "2011-02-04T11:59:41Z")
Inspired by this thread, I bought a neti pot to clear out my clogged up sinuses. The first time I used it, the water poured into my right nostril and ran out my left one. It wouldn’t flow from the left nostril to the ri… --- ## [Vegetarians Are Intolerant Jerks \[Moved from BBQ Pit\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-are-intolerant-jerks-moved-from-bbq-pit/507967)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 407\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-are-intolerant-jerks-moved-from-bbq-pit/507967 "2009-09-15T03:49:37Z")
At least the vegetarians and animal rights folks over here: http://www.veggieboards.com/boards/: I was banned just for not being vegetarian. I couldn’t even attempt to debate them. At least the commies at RevLeft restr… --- ## [2017 Diet and Fitness Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-diet-and-fitness-thread/776778)
**Author:** [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-diet-and-fitness-thread/776778 "2017-12-14T19:52:55Z")
I saw the old thread was closed, but didn’t see a new thread. I failed in weight maintenance last year, about 15 pounds worth. So I’ll be going back on my very low calorie diet for a few weeks in January. :frowning: Not… --- ## [Most embarrassing unnoticed personal laxity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-unnoticed-personal-laxity/649380)
**Author:** [@Virgil\_Tibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Virgil_Tibbs)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-embarrassing-unnoticed-personal-laxity/649380 "2013-02-21T18:40:21Z")
You know, the time you went outside with snot on your collar or a chocolate stain on the seat of your trousers. For me, it would be the time I cut my hair (with clippers) and left a three-inch bald patch on the back of … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=82&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=84&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)