# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=835&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:** 836 --- ## [The first inhabitants of the Americas came from the Bering Strait?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-inhabitants-of-the-americas-came-from-the-bering-strait/640936)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-inhabitants-of-the-americas-came-from-the-bering-strait/640936 "2012-11-22T04:51:51Z")
Years ago the consensus was that 100% of the first inhabitants of the Americas came from the Bering Strait. There has been much DNA analysis. What is the current view on this? --- ## [Anybody trying Secret World?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-trying-secret-world/621572)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-trying-secret-world/621572 "2013-02-04T16:05:06Z")
I pre-ordered The Secret World (the new modern-day MMO from FunCom) last week, and I must say I am enjoying it much more than I thought. I didn’t have high expectations from the company that produced Age of Conan, but so… --- ## [Rarest plays in sports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rarest-plays-in-sports/371963)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rarest-plays-in-sports/371963 "2006-10-05T16:21:37Z")
They say that in baseball, every game you’ll see something new. Well that was certainly true of a Mariners/Devil Rays game last Saturday, as ESPN’s Jayson Stark notes in his regular column on “Useless Info”: How often… --- ## [Why do animals like me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-animals-like-me/155995)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-animals-like-me/155995 "2003-02-19T03:18:24Z")
Shayna says her cat doesn’t like anyone. Yet the kitty climbed into my lap and rubbed faces with me. Another friend of mine has a cat that is actively hostile to people. And yet she eventually crawled into my lap and … --- ## [How does graduate school work exactly and how is it different from undergrad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-graduate-school-work-exactly-and-how-is-it-different-from-undergrad/231326)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-graduate-school-work-exactly-and-how-is-it-different-from-undergrad/231326 "2004-03-02T16:19:21Z")
How does graduate school work exactly and how is it different from undergrad? My knowledge is limited to this. Grad school is generally divided into a masters & Doctorate (there are also professional degrees, and I don’… --- ## [What is going on with the SSM bill in the New York Senate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-with-the-ssm-bill-in-the-new-york-senate/586622)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-with-the-ssm-bill-in-the-new-york-senate/586622 "2011-06-28T23:45:59Z")
This may quickly devolve into GD, but I thought that last Friday was the showdown vote and that Monday ended the session. It seems that the Senate leadership is still meeting with Cuomo and drafting religious exemptions… --- ## [TNG vs DS9: Ferengi and Trill continuity problems, Data, and generic starships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tng-vs-ds9-ferengi-and-trill-continuity-problems-data-and-generic-starships/282883)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tng-vs-ds9-ferengi-and-trill-continuity-problems-data-and-generic-starships/282883 "2016-05-07T16:14:51Z")
I was without a television and VCR for about eight years, and so I hadn’t been able to watch my Star Trek: TNG and DS9 tapes in quite a while. Having recently acquired a new TV and VCR, I’ve been enjoying watching all of… --- ## [star trek character Q whats up with the facial makeup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-character-q-whats-up-with-the-facial-makeup/548171)
**Author:** [@rigor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rigor)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-character-q-whats-up-with-the-facial-makeup/548171 "2010-08-23T04:00:40Z")
tried to Google the answer to this but I cannot find the answer. I imagine there is a star trek writers bible that would cover it question: why does Q have the dark appearance and black/bluish shade in his lips ? it s… --- ## [Madonna - Hot or Not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madonna-hot-or-not/470185)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madonna-hot-or-not/470185 "2008-11-04T10:05:36Z")
Ok, Madonna is single again. So men & gay women. Is Madonna hot? As in, right now? Not pre-yogatastic-manhand Madonna. Personally, I think she’s quite hot - I think her body looks fantastic in the Hung Up video - see he… --- ## [What's your favorite sauce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-sauce/618998)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-sauce/618998 "2012-05-04T06:22:38Z")
Sauces are a great way to add flavour to a meal. What’s your favorite sauce? If it’s a sauce you make, it’d be awful nice to give the recipe. --- ## [Fighting a traffic ticket -- please share experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-a-traffic-ticket-please-share-experiences/550748)
**Author:** [@dmatsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmatsch)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-a-traffic-ticket-please-share-experiences/550748 "2010-12-12T17:51:47Z")
…and advice! I was doing 67 in a 50. HOWEVER, it was during rush hour and I had to merge over 3 lanes to the left to make an exit and had to increase speed to safely merge. I couldn’t have slowed in that rush hour tra… --- ## [Can someone explain the new Cartier commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-new-cartier-commercial/614819)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-new-cartier-commercial/614819 "2012-08-27T03:20:06Z")
Last night my wife and I saw a very long, very confusing TV ad for Cartier. Something having to do with a leopard and China, India, and some other location. If must have cost them a fortune to make (it was mostly CG). Bu… --- ## [Recommend me a... nose hair trimmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-nose-hair-trimmer/632614)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-nose-hair-trimmer/632614 "2014-03-02T03:55:09Z")
So, at the risk of being all TMI… At some point in my life, I have apparently been placed on the road towards being one of those tuft-nosed old gentlemen. (As of yet, my ears remain blessedly hairless.) Being still a … --- ## [Things that you're surprised don't happen more often](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youre-surprised-dont-happen-more-often/699371)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-youre-surprised-dont-happen-more-often/699371 "2014-09-29T20:21:47Z")
Certain things, usually illegal, seems like they should happen a lot more often given the openness of our society and how, if we really think about it, we’re pretty vulnerable most of the time. Its just by good fortune … --- ## [Subdividing some farm land: How much of a headache is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subdividing-some-farm-land-how-much-of-a-headache-is-this/542684)
**Author:** [@Level3Navigator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Level3Navigator)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subdividing-some-farm-land-how-much-of-a-headache-is-this/542684 "2010-06-12T04:37:42Z")
So I am looking at some agricultural property in Missouri that I and a couple of other families are interested in purchasing. We are thinking about subdividing the current property into different parcels for us each to l… --- ## [Why are you bringing up old shit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-bringing-up-old-shit/568562)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-bringing-up-old-shit/568562 "2011-01-25T20:10:48Z")
My GF likes to watch a show that will remain unnamed because I don’t want to discuss that program but rather a particular behavior that is frequently exhibited on it. Let’s just say it’s on Bravo and there are like 6 di… --- ## [Have You Gotten Any Hostility For Wearing (Or Not Wearing) A Mask?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-any-hostility-for-wearing-or-not-wearing-a-mask/917165)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gotten-any-hostility-for-wearing-or-not-wearing-a-mask/917165 "2020-10-30T18:19:15Z")
Seems to be a thing lately: shouting matches, fisticuffs, even assault over people wearing or not wearing masks. Fortunately, I’ve not gotten so much as side-eye for wearing mine, and I live in Trump’s back yard. What a… --- ## [Why do Christians not take the sin of adultery seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-christians-not-take-the-sin-of-adultery-seriously/730669)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-christians-not-take-the-sin-of-adultery-seriously/730669 "2015-09-21T18:42:00Z")
A lot of people on this board and elsewhere have pointed out that Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky that refuses to issue marriage certificates to gay couples, is somewhat hypocritical in applying her morality give… --- ## [Are blacks allowed in Iceland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blacks-allowed-in-iceland/6426)
**Author:** [@Skeptic23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeptic23)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blacks-allowed-in-iceland/6426 "2015-09-16T17:17:58Z")
Someone I work with has just told me that when they were in the navy, some 30 years ago, they traveled to Iceland. When there, they were told that no “black people” would be allowed into their country. I find this very h… --- ## [Why do women say the opposite of what they mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-say-the-opposite-of-what-they-mean/129793)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2002, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-say-the-opposite-of-what-they-mean/129793 "2002-10-04T10:27:11Z")
Dooku: Where do want to eat tonight? Mrs. Dooku: Oh, I don’t care. Any place is fine. Dooku: OK, how about…Sushi? Mrs. Dooku: ::makes icky face:: Dooku: Pizza? Mrs. Dooku: Hmmm…eh… Dooku: Italian? Mrs. Dook… --- ## [Subnautica - thoughts while playing (spoilers while playing)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subnautica-thoughts-while-playing-spoilers-while-playing/852024)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subnautica-thoughts-while-playing-spoilers-while-playing/852024 "2021-06-08T12:58:32Z")
OK, so my son and I began a proper play of Subnautica today. Freedom mode is what I think it is called. No eating, no water drinking, no sleep or whatever. Just oxygen and the ability to be killed by animals and plants. … --- ## [Community - "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux" 11/17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-documentary-filmmaking-redux-11-17/603305)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-documentary-filmmaking-redux-11-17/603305 "2011-11-26T23:03:08Z")
Wow… I’m a big fan of this show but I really didn’t like tonight’s episode. Anyone able to get into this one? --- ## [Catholic abortion to save Mom's life, after rape, double effect . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-abortion-to-save-moms-life-after-rape-double-effect/540454)
**Author:** [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-abortion-to-save-moms-life-after-rape-double-effect/540454 "2010-06-01T14:11:02Z")
Continued from here: I think there’s some wiggle room there, because the fetus is in a sense aggressing against the woman. Suppose you’re being threatened by an armed madman who thinks killing you will stop the Romulan… --- ## [TV Characters Who Actually Live Within Their Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-actually-live-within-their-means/379087)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-actually-live-within-their-means/379087 "2006-11-09T15:17:59Z")
This thread mentions the old chestnut about Monica & Rachel’s apartment in Friends, and mentions how the other characters could have afforded their apartments. Who are some TV characters that truly do live within their … --- ## [What are you a purist (or not) about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-a-purist-or-not-about/561755)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-a-purist-or-not-about/561755 "2010-12-01T21:32:52Z")
So what are you a purist or an anti-purist, or have changed your mind about? Sweetness: PURIST: I’m a purist about sweetners being either according to the original recipe (cane sugar for pop for example) or no added swe… --- ## [Let's say that one ethnic group is proven stupider than the rest. What are our obligations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-that-one-ethnic-group-is-proven-stupider-than-the-rest-what-are-our-obligations/527075)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-that-one-ethnic-group-is-proven-stupider-than-the-rest-what-are-our-obligations/527075 "2010-02-22T05:01:50Z")
Let’s say that someone finds out that the book “The Bell Curve” is actually right, and that some ethnic groups are measurably stupider than others. What obligations do the groups have toward each other? In that situati… --- ## [Fuck you, Sky news,they weren't prostitutes, they were women...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-sky-news-they-werent-prostitutes-they-were-women/383556)
**Author:** [@williambaskerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williambaskerville)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-sky-news-they-werent-prostitutes-they-were-women/383556 "2006-12-19T18:39:05Z")
In fact, they were very young girls really, if I saw them standing in the street, my instinct would be to get them home safely. But long before they were prostitutes, they were a father’s daughter, a mother’s best fri… --- ## [Are the majority of gay activist shooting themselves in the foot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-majority-of-gay-activist-shooting-themselves-in-the-foot/677078)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-majority-of-gay-activist-shooting-themselves-in-the-foot/677078 "2014-01-01T05:22:23Z")
Why does it seem the majority of gay activist use overt displays of sexuality in situations that clearly don’t call for it? Example Example I really don’t feel this helps bridge any gaps. I mean, these types of displa… --- ## [The Silk Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silk-road/664996)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silk-road/664996 "2025-01-24T06:52:54Z")
I was wondering - does anyone have any experience with The Silk Road on the TOR network? Any stories? I am curious in how it works. Basically a person looking to sell makes a post and people make a payment through bitco… --- ## [Flush the toilets.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459)
**Author:** [@Bittiez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bittiez)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459 "2009-06-12T21:27:04Z")
That article got me thinking… I work at a movie theater and there are 5 urinals and 5 toilets in the mens, and about 12 toilets in the women’s… So when we go do bathroom checks, why is there 2 toilets and 4 unflushed… --- ## [CALIFORNIA the DUMBEST state in the Union](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-the-dumbest-state-in-the-union/206239)
**Author:** [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-the-dumbest-state-in-the-union/206239 "2003-10-13T08:01:51Z")
I’m just getting this rant of my chest. The capacity of California voters for stupidity is so exceptional, so singularly vast in scope, that it defies measure and description. California, you deserve what you get. --- ## [Undeniably talented, undeniably insane musicians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undeniably-talented-undeniably-insane-musicians/567800)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undeniably-talented-undeniably-insane-musicians/567800 "2011-01-18T18:55:18Z")
Or, if not insane, clearly with Serious Serious Issues. I can think of a handful - for some reason, all are women. Sinead O’Connor Amy Winehouse Courtney Love Whitney Houston sorta counts - she went crazy after she … --- ## [Octaves for Dummies (meaning me)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octaves-for-dummies-meaning-me/722111)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octaves-for-dummies-meaning-me/722111 "2015-06-13T13:11:58Z")
Okay, I’ve heard of octaves. They say Mariah Carey can sing in five of them, though most people top out at 2 or 2.5. But what is an octave? What does it sound like when someone goes from one octave to another when sin… --- ## [Some men have maintained secret "second" families. Any women ever do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-men-have-maintained-secret-second-families-any-women-ever-do-this/459705)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-men-have-maintained-secret-second-families-any-women-ever-do-this/459705 "2008-10-06T20:27:23Z")
Occasionally you’ll see a news story about man (often quite prosperous) who maintained a concurrent, ongoing secret "second’ family in addition to his main family. Often these second families were not discovered until af… --- ## [Anyone for a Chidope 2008?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-chidope-2008/444046)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-chidope-2008/444046 "2008-06-29T20:40:54Z")
We need to pull together the geographical core of the SDMB. Anybody know of a good venue? A good date, one that pulls together members from all over the world? Let’s show those other towns how it’s DONE! --- ## [Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1986](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1986/701928)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1986/701928 "2014-11-01T21:12:01Z")
Our survey brings us now to 1986, and as I alluded to in the last thread, this period from here to 1989 is another of the must active periods in the history of the #1 spot. With “Say You Say Me” carrying over from last y… --- ## [Why all the hate for Branson and Bezos, and their forays into space travel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-hate-for-branson-and-bezos-and-their-forays-into-space-travel/946916)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-hate-for-branson-and-bezos-and-their-forays-into-space-travel/946916 "2021-08-24T20:10:41Z")
It’s their money, and they can do whatever they want with it. Wally Funk probably never thought, when Apollo 11 landed, that she would go into space herself 52 years to the day later. --- ## [Overprivileged White Lady Calls "Okay" Gesture "White Power" Gestur, Fake News Sites Report It...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overprivileged-white-lady-calls-okay-gesture-white-power-gestur-fake-news-sites-report-it/785551)
**Author:** [@Great\_White\_Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_White_Dope)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overprivileged-white-lady-calls-okay-gesture-white-power-gestur-fake-news-sites-report-it/785551 "2017-05-09T03:20:29Z")
. . . and both get made to look like completely-idiotic left wing shills. First, the OWL’s tweet: http://i.imgur.com/lvyaSGy.png Those of you over the age of, oh, 16 months will immediately recognize that gesture as t… --- ## [DC soda tax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-soda-tax/537786)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-soda-tax/537786 "2010-05-07T16:54:47Z")
The District of Columbia is considering a 1-cent-per-ounce tax on soft drinks. http://dcist.com/2010/04/cheh\_proposes\_soda\_tax.php What do you folks think about it? Personally, I’m not a fan at all. Like all sales taxes… --- ## [Grad School Ostracism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grad-school-ostracism/494521)
**Author:** [@Sundrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sundrop)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grad-school-ostracism/494521 "2009-05-07T17:11:28Z")
I am in grad school. I attend a program for working professionals who are seeking their MBA. The program is well-regarded, and the work is challenging. One of the factors that helped me decide on the program is that at … --- ## [The food bank problem: Your solutions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-food-bank-problem-your-solutions/475715)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-food-bank-problem-your-solutions/475715 "2008-12-13T04:05:30Z")
First of all, if your solution requires time-travel, you can write a science-fiction story and perhaps get published, but it’s of no value whatsoever to this thread. The food bank in my county has a crisis building. Do… --- ## [US Economy and Permanent Job Losses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-economy-and-permanent-job-losses/233360)
**Author:** [@eponymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eponymous)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-economy-and-permanent-job-losses/233360 "2004-03-22T04:09:14Z")
I’ve been reading accounts of the relatively dismal reports on job creation in the US over the last few months (most recent report for February was a net gain of only 21,000 new jobs created). By most people’s accounts,… --- ## [Permanent effects of magic mushrooms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-effects-of-magic-mushrooms/194877)
**Author:** [@SonOfArizona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SonOfArizona)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-effects-of-magic-mushrooms/194877 "2003-08-15T06:44:17Z")
Are there any permanent negative effects of mushrooms? A friend of mine recently grew his own mushrooms and has spent many a times telling me how great they are. However, when I asked to try some, he told me that befor… --- ## [Evolution vs. Creation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-vs-creation/17446)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-vs-creation/17446 "2013-06-15T23:06:13Z")
I think this is the place for an Evolution vs. Creation debate. What do you think? --- ## [What to do with stupid people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-stupid-people/468029)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-stupid-people/468029 "2008-10-22T17:33:32Z")
Seriously, what role do you enivision folks in the lower 50, 33, or 25% of “capability” playing in today’s and tomorrow’s society? What should our educational, economic, and social systems do to assist the least-able me… --- ## [Can we establish a permanent lunar base by 2020?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-establish-a-permanent-lunar-base-by-2020/610753)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-establish-a-permanent-lunar-base-by-2020/610753 "2012-01-30T15:38:23Z")
Newt Gingrich has promised that, if elected, we would have such a base by the end of his second term. This isn’t a 2012 election thread, but I’m curious: Is this claim anything other than pure lunacy? (And pun fodder?) C… --- ## [How do I gracefully tell a coworker to stop talking to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-gracefully-tell-a-coworker-to-stop-talking-to-me/663185)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-gracefully-tell-a-coworker-to-stop-talking-to-me/663185 "2013-07-12T23:06:11Z")
For those counting, this is my fifth work-related social etiquette thread. It’s because I suck at life. I share an office with someone who keeps trying to make small talk when I would like to work. He can’t tell when I… --- ## ['I don't watch old movies.'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-watch-old-movies/374601)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-watch-old-movies/374601 "2006-10-04T22:50:04Z")
A lower-20-something coworker told me the other day that she doesn’t watch old movies. My sister says she doesn’t watch B&W movies. No skin off of my nose. People can watch what they want, and their movie-watching hab… --- ## [Would/could a container ship stop for a guy drifting in the ocean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-could-a-container-ship-stop-for-a-guy-drifting-in-the-ocean/753246)
**Author:** [@Chickenwrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenwrangler)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-could-a-container-ship-stop-for-a-guy-drifting-in-the-ocean/753246 "2016-05-25T15:13:01Z")
Recently watched the Robert Redford movie “All is Lost”. Basically the story is after his yacht sinks in an accident RR is adrift all alone in an inflatable life raft. After some time he drifts into the shipping lanes a… --- ## [Fuck you, public toilet lid down-putter!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062)
**Author:** [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-public-toilet-lid-down-putter/593062 "2011-08-20T01:12:03Z")
Why the living FUCK do you do this? I’m no germaphobe, but certainly do not want my hands unnecessarily touching surfaces which just had contact with some stranger’s bare buttocks and were just inches from their spewing… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=834&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=836&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)