# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=864&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:** 865 --- ## [Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-as-secretary-of-state/472665)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-clinton-as-secretary-of-state/472665 "2008-11-18T23:41:31Z")
Hillary Rodham Clinton is apparently under consideration for Secretary of State!:eek: This is quite unexpected. HUD or HHS maybe, but Secretary of State? --- ## [(Old) It's the heat AND the humidity in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-the-heat-and-the-humidity-in-the-mmp/986494)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 414\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-the-heat-and-the-humidity-in-the-mmp/986494 "2023-07-11T21:54:44Z")
Does it really matter whether it’s hot, or hot and dry, or hot and humid? Isn’t that why air conditioners were invented?? Happy Moanday!! --- ## [Fag tags - purpose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fag-tags-purpose/151738)
**Author:** [@bfdelorme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bfdelorme)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fag-tags-purpose/151738 "2003-01-31T20:23:08Z")
I’m sure this has been asked before, but an interesting issue came up today at work - what exactly is the purpose of a fag tag (the little tag on the back of your shirt)? One possible explanation was to hang your shirt … --- ## [Safety Issues of Stringing Outside Christmas Lights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safety-issues-of-stringing-outside-christmas-lights/279188)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safety-issues-of-stringing-outside-christmas-lights/279188 "2004-12-10T23:43:00Z")
I just decorated some of our front yard trees with Christmas lights and now wonder about the safety of leaving these electrical connections exposed to the elements. By that, I mean that I plugged the tree lights into ex… --- ## [Edward Snowden's Christmas broadcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-snowdens-christmas-broadcast/677147)
**Author:** [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-snowdens-christmas-broadcast/677147 "2013-12-30T21:08:26Z")
Available now from ‘select’ sources, UK terrestrial tv at 4:15pm, or on the 4OD player shortly after. Also, here are a couple of links which may or may not be region-locked : The background to this is th… --- ## [U.S. Presidents Mentioned in Popular Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-presidents-mentioned-in-popular-songs/653647)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-presidents-mentioned-in-popular-songs/653647 "2013-05-16T18:09:04Z")
By “popular songs” I mean to exclude campaign songs and any song that is just a list of the presidents. Also, the song has to refer to the President as a person – otherwise we could end up with hundreds of songs mention… --- ## [Have you ever hit an animal with your vehicle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-hit-an-animal-with-your-vehicle/698703)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-hit-an-animal-with-your-vehicle/698703 "2014-09-26T14:09:48Z")
In my nearly 30 years of driving experience, I’ve been lucky enough to have sent only one creature to meet its maker. It was a raccoon who happened to be trying to cross the highway when I was on my way home from a conve… --- ## ["Red Pill" warning in GD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pill-warning-in-gd/819588)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pill-warning-in-gd/819588 "2019-12-27T23:57:21Z")
Here are the series of posts: I think this is incorrect moderation. “Red Pill” is a specific and particularly disgusting ideology – a spin off of the Men’s Rights movement that is somehow even more hateful. I have … --- ## [What do you think of fanfiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-fanfiction/691711)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2015, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-fanfiction/691711 "2015-01-23T11:09:03Z")
I would like to know, what do you think of fanfiction and how did you discover it? I remember back in late 2000s early 2010s I was interested in Star Trek vs Star Wars stuff and I have managed to stumble across a fanfic … --- ## [Best dumpster find ever..it is amazing what some people will throw away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dumpster-find-ever-it-is-amazing-what-some-people-will-throw-away/697207)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dumpster-find-ever-it-is-amazing-what-some-people-will-throw-away/697207 "2014-09-03T23:13:30Z")
I live in a large condo complex in a rather nice town. People are constantly moving in and out and there is always free stuff for the taking if you look around. Sometimes people announce that they are moving and have to … --- ## [Advice needed: what if you learned what a friend's online date looks like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-what-if-you-learned-what-a-friends-online-date-looks-like/547046)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-what-if-you-learned-what-a-friends-online-date-looks-like/547046 "2010-09-07T20:06:54Z")
This is kind of an awkward and embarrassing question for me to ask. And it’s my own fault for being snoopy. My best friend’s met this guy online – not in a dating context like eHarmony or some hookup chatroom, but somet… --- ## [do females actually enjoy giving blowjobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-females-actually-enjoy-giving-blowjobs/735218)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-females-actually-enjoy-giving-blowjobs/735218 "2015-10-30T11:27:21Z")
or do they just do it because they enjoy making their partners feel good, or it’s socially expected --- ## [Re Feminism & "slut-shaming" isn't slut-shaming mainly done by females to other females?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-feminism-slut-shaming-isnt-slut-shaming-mainly-done-by-females-to-other-females/686043)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-feminism-slut-shaming-isnt-slut-shaming-mainly-done-by-females-to-other-females/686043 "2014-04-21T18:02:54Z")
Re slut shaming I see these articles “It’s not ‘slut-shaming’, it’s woman hating” and similar ones re slut shaming and I have to ask myself the last time in real life I have ever heard a single dating man talk about a … --- ## [Colonoscopy in a week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonoscopy-in-a-week/670037)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonoscopy-in-a-week/670037 "2013-10-07T23:55:24Z")
I am lucky enough to be undergoing my first colonoscopy next Monday. I do have most of the prep stuff and was wondering what to expect from the whole process. I understand that Pico-Salax is industrial strength, how lo… --- ## [Man's wife ruins someone's job out of homophobia. Should he rat her out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mans-wife-ruins-someones-job-out-of-homophobia-should-he-rat-her-out/625977)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mans-wife-ruins-someones-job-out-of-homophobia-should-he-rat-her-out/625977 "2012-06-28T01:44:01Z")
Yes, it’s a Skaldthetical with a storytelling OP. Possibly a long one, but since I’m making it up on the fly I can’t be sure just yet. If you don’t like these, there’s probably a thread open about the NBA playoffs or som… --- ## [Is this picture \[of Keira Knightley\] photo-shopped?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-of-keira-knightley-photo-shopped/580765)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-picture-of-keira-knightley-photo-shopped/580765 "2011-05-06T08:04:24Z")
I came across this article about Keira Knightley with the attached picture. (It’s 99% SFW.) Now Knightley’s a beautiful woman but she’s not known for having a huge cleavage. But in this picture she looks like she borrow… --- ## [What does the bisexual community want us to know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-bisexual-community-want-us-to-know/684918)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-bisexual-community-want-us-to-know/684918 "2014-04-02T17:12:07Z")
I was reading a bunch of articles about bisexuality yesterday. I guess the NYT came out with an article recently about the scientific quest to prove bisexuality exists. Bisexuals apparently hate this. Huffpost has a nice… --- ## [Late summer 2014 SDMB religious beliefs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-summer-2014-sdmb-religious-beliefs/697065)
**Author:** [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-summer-2014-sdmb-religious-beliefs/697065 "2014-09-05T23:11:22Z")
In this thread, the debate persists about how “overwhelmingly atheist” the SDMB is. We know atheists are certainly more prominent here than in the general global population, but let’s get an update as to how much more. P… --- ## [Shoes and gender: a poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-and-gender-a-poll/584728)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-and-gender-a-poll/584728 "2011-06-11T15:53:53Z")
But not an automated poll. Are you male, or are you female? How many pairs of shoes do you own? --- ## [Boy Scouts losing their Church sponsors.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-scouts-losing-their-church-sponsors/659903)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-scouts-losing-their-church-sponsors/659903 "2013-06-11T07:09:42Z")
The Churches have always been a critical partner in scouting. My troop meet in a Church of Christ church on weeknights. All our equipment was stored at the church. I don’t think anyone in the troop were members of that c… --- ## [American Idol 2/26-2/28](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2008, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-2-26-2-28/439279 "2008-03-01T07:33:49Z")
The guys perform tonight for 1.5 hours, the girls tomorrow night, and presumably the elimination occurs on the third night. I suspect that we may be saying goodbye this week or next week to Amanda, Kristy, Jason Y., and… --- ## [Has anybody tried a "car memory saver"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-tried-a-car-memory-saver/608721)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-tried-a-car-memory-saver/608721 "2012-01-09T00:54:47Z")
I am talking about this device: http://www.amazon.com/CTA-Computer-Memory-Saver/dp/B000GKD5Q0 The purpose of this device is to preserve the memory of a car (ECU, radio codes etc.) while the main 12V battery is disconnec… --- ## [What day of the week was the Ides of March, 44BC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-was-the-ides-of-march-44bc/206164)
**Author:** [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-was-the-ides-of-march-44bc/206164 "2025-03-19T22:08:28Z")
I know the Ides was 15th March, but I was idly wondering what day of the week Julius Caesar was killed. (I’m assuming this date is in the Julian Calendar, which was introduced in 45 BC.) I did a cursory web search, but… --- ## [The NYC Dopefest Morning After Thread (Linked! Don't Delete!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-dopefest-morning-after-thread-linked-dont-delete/48863)
**Author:** [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2001, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nyc-dopefest-morning-after-thread-linked-dont-delete/48863 "2001-01-18T06:46:22Z")
Hey folks. Great Dopefest last night. NYC now has the record for most attendees (44 confirmed by Tripler when I left last night). KHespos and I had an awesome time and it was really cool to meet all of you face to face. … --- ## [Severance Season 2 \[OPEN SPOILERS\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 406\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952 "2025-05-31T02:09:01Z")
On January 17, after almost three full years, we get Severance season 2 on Apple TV. Season 1 thread I just re-watched the first season because it’s been so long since the previous one that I forgot some details and yo… --- ## [Mad-Men 3.05, The Fog (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-3-05-the-fog-open-spoilers/509988)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-3-05-the-fog-open-spoilers/509988 "2009-09-23T03:55:31Z")
\[QUOTE=AMCTV\] Betty and Don deal with Sally. Pete pursues a new angle in business. Betty has a strange dream. \[/QUOTE\] Sally’s acting out cause Grandpa’s dead. I hope we get to see how Peggy’s getting along with h… --- ## [Magnetic fields don't do work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnetic-fields-dont-do-work/542433)
**Author:** [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnetic-fields-dont-do-work/542433 "2011-06-06T05:11:01Z")
I’m somehow trolling myself over magnets. Physical theories suggest magnetic fields can do no work. The magnetic force is always perpendicular to velocity, so the integral is always zero. I’m sure physical theories are c… --- ## [Sex before Marriage.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-before-marriage/465269)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-before-marriage/465269 "2008-09-30T22:44:04Z")
Here’s a debate about that i’ve seen some Dopers come down on one side or the other. Though I don’t think i’ve really ever seen it as a debate, per se; it tends to crop up as a tangent in the ubiquitous religion debates … --- ## [Tax question: winning the lottery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-question-winning-the-lottery/630999)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-question-winning-the-lottery/630999 "2012-08-19T14:14:42Z")
Okay, according to my latest check stub, my earnings for the year thus far come to just over $40K. This Friday, I am scheduled to win $16.5M (I figured out that just calling “dibs” isn’t sufficient; I also have to mail … --- ## [Republicans should be careful of what they wish for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-should-be-careful-of-what-they-wish-for/613124)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-should-be-careful-of-what-they-wish-for/613124 "2012-02-19T15:33:18Z")
Are they stupid, or just hypocritical? Hmmm. My first instinct upon seeing this map is to be outraged at the hypocrisy, and think that it might be funny if states’ rights and a massive reduction in the social safety ne… --- ## [Actors who looked like they would become big stars, but didn't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-looked-like-they-would-become-big-stars-but-didnt/445552)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-looked-like-they-would-become-big-stars-but-didnt/445552 "2008-04-22T08:11:29Z")
Charlie Sheen is the first one which comes to my mind. After Platoon, it really appeared that he would be headed for the A-list, but after some merely moderately successful roles in vehicles like Wall Street and Eight M… --- ## [Needle through arm: parlor trick or mind control?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needle-through-arm-parlor-trick-or-mind-control/193344)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needle-through-arm-parlor-trick-or-mind-control/193344 "2013-11-25T05:03:40Z")
Many years ago I was spending an odd afternoon moment after school watching the Mike Douglas show, a daytime talk show. Mike had a guest on who was talking about how he had developed the ability to control sensation usi… --- ## [Business (RE) Proposition (Practical Considerations)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-re-proposition-practical-considerations/586205)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-re-proposition-practical-considerations/586205 "2011-08-18T17:25:53Z")
In these days of tightened credit a lot of real estate wheeler-dealers are having a hard time getting mortgages, either due to too many short sales or foreclosures on their record or due to lack of a steady income, and t… --- ## [Cricket - World T20 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962)
**Author:** [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-t20-2016/748962 "2016-04-05T13:58:00Z")
It’s time for the IPL warm up tournament, sorry, World T20 Tournament. Don’t know how interested the cricketing Dopers are in this but here’s somewhere to talk about it just in case. With the pre-qualifiers over, the to… --- ## [Proper Greek pluralization, should it trump over 100 years of common English usage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-greek-pluralization-should-it-trump-over-100-years-of-common-english-usage/368752)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-greek-pluralization-should-it-trump-over-100-years-of-common-english-usage/368752 "2006-08-25T04:28:20Z")
The question is mainly concerning pluralization Octopus. Case Sensitive and others familiar with Greek know that Octopi is wrong and insist it should not be used. I have provided the hard copy cite: Case Sensitive co… --- ## [One of the best sports trivia questions I've ever heard...give it a shot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-best-sports-trivia-questions-ive-ever-heard-give-it-a-shot/92261)
**Author:** [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-the-best-sports-trivia-questions-ive-ever-heard-give-it-a-shot/92261 "2001-11-09T21:44:02Z")
Here’s the question: There have been a total of 9 sports figures (singular or plural) that have been on the covers of Sports Illustrated, Time, and Newsweek in THE SAME WEEK. Name them, and bonus points if you can name … --- ## [Songs of Immigration/Emigration.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-immigration-emigration/542846)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-immigration-emigration/542846 "2010-06-20T02:41:37Z")
Ireland has a rich tradition of emigrant songs. They tell of the ambivalence of the emigrant as they try for a better life in (primarily) the US, Canada and Britain. Specifically with regard to emigrants groups in the US… --- ## [is there a conservative version of SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-conservative-version-of-sdmb/536875)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-conservative-version-of-sdmb/536875 "2010-05-01T08:49:59Z")
Great Debates is pretty liberal here, but we tolerate and sometimes even respect our conservative posters. There’s plenty of sniping and ganging up, but it rarely melts down into a vulgar brawl. Is there any message boar… --- ## [Latest nazi to lose their job: Steve Bannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-nazi-to-lose-their-job-steve-bannon/793991)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-nazi-to-lose-their-job-steve-bannon/793991 "2018-02-04T22:20:02Z")
sings merrily If you’re a Nazi and you’re fired it’s your fault! clap clap If you’re a Nazi and you’re fired it’s your fault! clap clap You opened your fucking gob and now you lost your worthless job, if you’re a Na… --- ## [Why CAN'T I split tens in blackjack when the dealer has a low card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-split-tens-in-blackjack-when-the-dealer-has-a-low-card/323252)
**Author:** [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-split-tens-in-blackjack-when-the-dealer-has-a-low-card/323252 "2005-09-26T16:10:11Z")
If the dealer has a 3 thru 6 showing, why not split tens? Don’t get me wrong. I don’t. The book says not to and I play by the book. The rational I’ve been given is that with a twenty, you have a “made hand” and you s… --- ## [Glee 1:21 "Funk" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-1-21-funk-open-spoilers/541594)
**Author:** [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glee-1-21-funk-open-spoilers/541594 "2010-06-08T14:04:39Z")
Hey, did you all know the theme of tonight’s episode was ‘funk’? Pretty subtle with the allusions to it, writers!(mouseover) Anyhow, Quinn and the Fertile Rockettes were just fantastically, righteously wrong. :cool: Fin… --- ## [Retirement question. How does one retire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-question-how-does-one-retire/997956)
**Author:** [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-question-how-does-one-retire/997956 "2024-04-03T01:52:08Z")
Without making this post too long, I don’t know how to go about retirement. I was always told that I would never be able to retire, so not to worry about it. I did go through a meeting with a Fidelity wealth guy in 200… --- ## [what is an electric field made of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-electric-field-made-of/596365)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-electric-field-made-of/596365 "2011-09-19T17:35:41Z")
What is conveying the information that a charrge or magnet is nearby, so that a compass, electron, etc. know there’s something there? Information is being communicated. then that field has a greater potential compared … --- ## [Please persuade me why Medicare ought not be means tested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-persuade-me-why-medicare-ought-not-be-means-tested/989365)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-persuade-me-why-medicare-ought-not-be-means-tested/989365 "2024-02-03T19:37:41Z")
Apologies if this is more IMHO than GD. It seems to have been a few years since we discussed this. But as I’m getting closer to collecting Medicare and seeing many of my friends/family doing so, I don’t quite get why r… --- ## [The Forever War - Has anybody read this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forever-war-has-anybody-read-this/716552)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forever-war-has-anybody-read-this/716552 "2016-05-06T22:01:24Z")
Note: I’m not a big reader outside of mandatory stuff that I read for school. The last fiction novel that I read on my own was BioShock: Rapture, which, given the fact that I have a fucking BioShock TATTOO on my forearm… --- ## [The Jackson Family is at it Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jackson-family-is-at-it-again/629250)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jackson-family-is-at-it-again/629250 "2012-07-28T18:54:55Z")
. . . and this time it’s extra weird. It all started about a week or two ago when five Jackson siblings (including Janet, who we all generally assumed was sane)publicly posted a letter contesting the authority of the ex… --- ## [I have never in my life been so disgusted with the Democratic Party as I am now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-never-in-my-life-been-so-disgusted-with-the-democratic-party-as-i-am-now/913544)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-never-in-my-life-been-so-disgusted-with-the-democratic-party-as-i-am-now/913544 "2020-09-15T02:24:59Z")
This is about the coronavirus. This is specifically about the tens of thousands of Americans who will die of Covid-19 between now and January 20, when I devoutly hope that Joe Biden will be sworn in as President. I nee… --- ## [I hate you women's studies paper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-you-womens-studies-paper/539399)
**Author:** [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-you-womens-studies-paper/539399 "2010-06-10T01:20:52Z")
8 pages on a feminist organization that is fighting globalization. le sigh What I’m learning is that most feminist organizations don’t actually do much fighting anymore. Mostly they just raise money and “awareness”. An… --- ## [Do dogs pee in swimming pools?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dogs-pee-in-swimming-pools/543067)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dogs-pee-in-swimming-pools/543067 "2010-06-15T18:19:24Z")
So, we’re at my niece’s home today for get-together. Pool usage alternated between the kids and the Labs. The question arose as to whether dogs pee in the pool, or any other water for that matter. Given that I’m posti… --- ## [What now for the Tea Party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-now-for-the-tea-party/640493)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2012, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-now-for-the-tea-party/640493 "2012-11-21T06:47:37Z")
The Tea Party’s name was hardly mentioned this election cycle. Are they a spent force? Will they go third-party, or will they be an intra-GOP factor in 2014 like they were in 2010, or will they just fade away? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=863&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=865&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)