# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=884&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:** 885 --- ## [Why Does It Take So Long To Encode This On Handbrake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-take-so-long-to-encode-this-on-handbrake/556636)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-take-so-long-to-encode-this-on-handbrake/556636 "2010-12-15T15:09:43Z")
OK I use Handbrake to encode my DVDs, so I get a high quality file I can play on my computer. Normally if I have a 2 hour DVD movie it takes about 6 or 7 hours to encode it with Handbrake, which is no big deal, I leave … --- ## [Bill gates, the rich, and "wealth creation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gates-the-rich-and-wealth-creation/652354)
**Author:** [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-gates-the-rich-and-wealth-creation/652354 "2013-03-10T18:39:34Z")
From another thread: What I’m curious about is the concept of how wealth is created, and specifically that it’s created by people who’re rich. Bill Gates has a lot of money. He’s very wealthy. But he didn’t create tha… --- ## [What's your pet peeve(s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pet-peeve-s/758018)
**Author:** [@ERON](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ERON)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pet-peeve-s/758018 "2016-07-03T15:51:57Z")
My top two are wet socks and dumbass drivers who cut me off with/without signaling. --- ## [Are the lunar rovers still operable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-lunar-rovers-still-operable/606224)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-lunar-rovers-still-operable/606224 "2013-09-28T00:07:57Z")
Inspired by this post, The United States apparently left several of the lunar rovers on the Moon at the end of their mission (hey, less weight when taking off!). Are the lunar rovers still operable in the sense that … --- ## [In terms of pure skill and ability to push the envelope, who are the greatest guitarist of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-terms-of-pure-skill-and-ability-to-push-the-envelope-who-are-the-greatest-guitarist-of-all-time/652059)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-terms-of-pure-skill-and-ability-to-push-the-envelope-who-are-the-greatest-guitarist-of-all-time/652059 "2013-03-09T15:54:09Z")
Lets revive this topic. Reading Rolling Stone’s list of 100 Best Guitarists, I realized that almost all of the lists I see are full of a 60s circlejerk and don’t focus on the true greats who had technical skill that most… --- ## [San Bruno natural gas explosion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-bruno-natural-gas-explosion/553432)
**Author:** [@Sandra\_Battye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandra_Battye)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-bruno-natural-gas-explosion/553432 "2010-09-15T22:33:20Z")
The NTSB will be looking into the San Bruno natural gas explosion and probably won’t release their findings for a while. The 30”, high pressure pipe was apparently laid in the 50s. There are now reports that several pe… --- ## [Playing XCOM: Enemy Unknown for the first time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-xcom-enemy-unknown-for-the-first-time/698770)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-xcom-enemy-unknown-for-the-first-time/698770 "2014-11-02T18:38:23Z")
I read the topic on here when it first came out, but a lot of that topic/discussion seemed to also be about the first game, which I never played. So I’m kinda hoping this one could just be exclusive “Enemy Unknown” talk… --- ## [Re-corking a champagne bottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-corking-a-champagne-bottle/182313)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-corking-a-champagne-bottle/182313 "2003-06-17T17:52:30Z")
Is there any way to get the original cork back in the champagne bottle once it’s been popped? Unlike a wine cork, which is generally straight sided and easy to stick back in, a champagne cork is sort of mushroom shaped,… --- ## [Swallowing your own semen (WAY, WAY TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swallowing-your-own-semen-way-way-tmi/274713)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swallowing-your-own-semen-way-way-tmi/274713 "2004-11-15T12:24:11Z")
With all the what-to-do-with-body-fluids threads, no one has mentioned this option. Normally my partner takes care of whatever “cums” out of me. but sometimes one of us is away on business, and I just take care of it my… --- ## [Back Doors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-doors/711404)
**Author:** [@deregulated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deregulated)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-doors/711404 "2015-02-23T19:26:06Z")
I have heard the US Government has installed back doors in all computers. Is there a way to find these back doors and close them? I have also become aware of intrusion devices. Is there any protection from these devic… --- ## [I pit YogSosoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-yogsosoth/488503)
**Author:** [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-yogsosoth/488503 "2009-03-23T16:23:38Z")
I pit you, YogSosoth. For your immature, inane and incessant stupidity in this thread; the likes of which I haven’t seen since arguing evolution in the bible belt. You’re a raving, flaming fucking douche bag, who could… --- ## [If You Could Choose TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW 's New Name..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692)
**Author:** [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-tldridkjklolftw-s-new-name/436692 "2008-02-12T20:30:28Z")
If you were the person to choose a new name for one of the Pit’s favorite sons, what would it be? (former name VCO3, new name TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW) I don’t think he was running away from his old name - I think he felt that t… --- ## [Haw! Rush, yew is HOZED! (Swallows AGW-denial hoax, line & sinker)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haw-rush-yew-is-hozed-swallows-agw-denial-hoax-line-sinker/425876)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haw-rush-yew-is-hozed-swallows-agw-denial-hoax-line-sinker/425876 "2007-11-30T09:29:39Z")
It seemed to good to be true, and it was: See also here and here. --- ## [Should Joe Paterno be fired now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-joe-paterno-be-fired-now/602432)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-joe-paterno-be-fired-now/602432 "2011-11-16T16:22:35Z")
For those that aren’t clued in: NYTimes article about sex abuse scandal that has rocked Penn State University. Joe Pa has announced that he will retire at the end of the football season. He stated in his announcement … --- ## [Screw Caroline Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-caroline-kennedy/479127)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-caroline-kennedy/479127 "2009-01-27T15:03:08Z")
Can someone tell me what this woman has done that makes her worthy of being awarded a Senate seat? As best as I can tell, she’s a professional trust fund baby who lives off her name and inherited wealth and has never do… --- ## [Does smoke from the campfire follow you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-smoke-from-the-campfire-follow-you/351917)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-smoke-from-the-campfire-follow-you/351917 "2006-04-10T00:24:10Z")
sigh I know, I know… It’s my imagination. There’s no proof of this phenomenon. But it’s true. The smoke from ANY fire will find me. I can move as many times as I want, and it will always follow me. Campfire smoke … --- ## [Books You Read Because You Heard There Were Sex Parts: A Middle School Reminiscence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-read-because-you-heard-there-were-sex-parts-a-middle-school-reminiscence/530144)
**Author:** [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-read-because-you-heard-there-were-sex-parts-a-middle-school-reminiscence/530144 "2010-02-25T18:53:33Z")
\[ul\] \[li\]Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews-- sex style: creepy, raunchy, incestuous\[/li\]\[li\]Forever by Judy Bloom – sex style: wholesome, racy\[/li\]\[li\]A House Like a Lotus by Madeleine L’Engle – sex style: steamy yet a… --- ## [Why does every LED flashlight I use flicker and dim so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-led-flashlight-i-use-flicker-and-dim-so-much/804842)
**Author:** [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-led-flashlight-i-use-flicker-and-dim-so-much/804842 "2017-12-22T00:07:13Z")
It seems like every LED flashlight I buy is unreliable. I’ll be using it, and it will suddenly dim. I’ll bang on it a bunch and it will get brighter for awhile. I’ll try changing batteries, and I’m not sure it helps. … --- ## [Sometimes I overreact (PETA rant...Long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-overreact-peta-rant-long/415947)
**Author:** [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-i-overreact-peta-rant-long/415947 "2007-08-25T20:20:42Z")
Here’s the deal…I’ve had a personal problem with PETA for a long time. They have covered my car in bumper stickers, tried to lock me and my co-workers into our lab by sealing up a door, let the air out of my tires, prot… --- ## [I suck and I blow; also, Communist Little Girls and Their Communisty Lemonade Stand! \[Fixed title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suck-and-i-blow-also-communist-little-girls-and-their-communisty-lemonade-stand-fixed-title/545976)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suck-and-i-blow-also-communist-little-girls-and-their-communisty-lemonade-stand-fixed-title/545976 "2010-07-13T19:11:06Z")
Check it out here. Yes, by all means set these communists straight from their generous, charitable ways. it is important to teach them the TRUTH. Which is of course, that this lemonade stand is “all that is wrong wit… --- ## [Was Steve Allen's "Meeting of Minds" ever sold on VHS/DVD or whatever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-steve-allens-meeting-of-minds-ever-sold-on-vhs-dvd-or-whatever/652335)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-steve-allens-meeting-of-minds-ever-sold-on-vhs-dvd-or-whatever/652335 "2017-03-07T02:07:52Z")
I’d love to own episodes of Steve Allen’s show “Meeting of Minds” I found the interplay between characters from different eras quite fascinating. Jayne Meadows, Allen’s wife, played most of the female characters that … --- ## [Are werewolves immortal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-werewolves-immortal/502586)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-werewolves-immortal/502586 "2009-07-12T23:27:03Z")
As I understand it, general folklore holds that a werewolf can only be permenently killed by a silver weapon. Does this then mean that they are otherwise unkillable, but still age normally, or does the curse retard the a… --- ## [Obama out of touch and the Dems should go dark too?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-out-of-touch-and-the-dems-should-go-dark-too/761135)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-out-of-touch-and-the-dems-should-go-dark-too/761135 "2016-08-01T15:23:34Z")
I was reading this article on CNN, and in the opinion of the author, Obama is showing he’s out of touch with the American people and missed and opportunity in his speech because he didn’t go Trump and address the percept… --- ## [Biggest Hit Song You Hate By An Artist You Like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-hit-song-you-hate-by-an-artist-you-like/758270 "2016-07-04T20:20:11Z")
Obviously, if you’re into hard rock, there are lots of #1 Country/Western songs you can’t stand, and vice versa. But what about songs from genres you like, by artists you like, that became mega #1 hits, that you can’t s… --- ## [Political Compass #58: Pornography should be legal.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-58-pornography-should-be-legal/312148)
**Author:** [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-compass-58-pornography-should-be-legal/312148 "2005-07-16T00:37:31Z")
Many political debates here have included references to The Political Compass, which uses a set of 61 questions to assess one’s political orientation in terms of economic left/right and social libertarianism/authoritaria… --- ## [Most famous movie goof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-movie-goof/133209)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2002, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-movie-goof/133209 "2002-11-01T17:17:12Z")
What’s the most famous or notorious movie goof (not including plot holes)? I nominate: Stormtrooper hitting his head in Star Wars Leaving the cardboard cut-out in the window in Three Men and a Baby --- ## [old but not forgotten cartoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-but-not-forgotten-cartoons/437580)
**Author:** [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-but-not-forgotten-cartoons/437580 "2008-02-16T19:57:03Z")
My wife grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes she accuses me of “imagining” television shows of the past, as if I’m just plain nuts and my memory is faulty. She didn’t believe me when I told her about Tob… --- ## [Meanness-free humor-does it exist, if it does, is it actually funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meanness-free-humor-does-it-exist-if-it-does-is-it-actually-funny/688645)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meanness-free-humor-does-it-exist-if-it-does-is-it-actually-funny/688645 "2014-05-20T02:26:44Z")
Calling it “meanness” is perhaps a tad bit extreme. What I mean is simply this: I am finding it very difficult to think of anything that a large percentage of English-speaking people between the ages of, say, 16 an 65 wo… --- ## [What are the theoretical limits to the British monarch powers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-theoretical-limits-to-the-british-monarch-powers/673158)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-theoretical-limits-to-the-british-monarch-powers/673158 "2013-11-27T03:35:01Z")
This in in GQ since I don’t want to start a GD about what would happen if QE2 or KG7 actually did any of these things\*. Let’s say a British monarch wanted to use their theoretical powers. I know they can: Replace the … --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S03E01: Laws of Nature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s03e01-laws-of-nature/732999)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s03e01-laws-of-nature/732999 "2015-10-05T22:53:26Z")
“Laws of Nature” Directed by Vincent Misiano Written by Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen AGH! It’s finally back. I’ve been looking forward to the new season, since last season ended. (Come on Marvel. Give us an Agents… --- ## [What words or phrases have you coined?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354)
**Author:** [@SoSueMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoSueMe)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354 "2013-02-13T17:46:41Z")
As a kid I would say I like my shirt “tucked out” rather than “untucked”. I could see the difference, but the symmetry with “tucked in” just appealed to me. I also always use the word cornputer. Just sounds better than… --- ## [Done being polite on the trail, or, fuck you asshole mountain bikers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-being-polite-on-the-trail-or-fuck-you-asshole-mountain-bikers/613843)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-being-polite-on-the-trail-or-fuck-you-asshole-mountain-bikers/613843 "2012-02-29T00:18:51Z")
I trail run. Every trail I run is multi-use, but really most traffic is mountain bikers. There is a right-of-way rule for trails: People on foot yield to horses. Bikers yield to hikers and horses. All things being e… --- ## [Mr. Awkward Awkwards Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-awkward-awkwards-again/674846)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-awkward-awkwards-again/674846 "2013-11-28T20:41:18Z")
I go into the break room, where a “pitch in” (i.e. everybody brought something for everybody to eat) is wrapping up. I didn’t bring anything because it was during a class I was teaching. Furthermore, I brought a bowl of … --- ## [What kinda name is "Dorko"? And what are the worst last names youve heard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kinda-name-is-dorko-and-what-are-the-worst-last-names-youve-heard/424485)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kinda-name-is-dorko-and-what-are-the-worst-last-names-youve-heard/424485 "2011-01-01T16:02:44Z")
Damn. Wounded officer highest-ranking to be injured in Iraq - CNN.com That must have been tough growing up with that last name. Guess it worked out alright for him though seeing as he’s a General now and all. My last… --- ## [Fuck you, phantom shitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-phantom-shitter/119053)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-phantom-shitter/119053 "2015-11-06T15:01:13Z")
14.28, July 15, 2002 I left the office and went down for a smoke round the side of the building. As I was damaging my health with tobacco, I noticed that someone had dropped some paper on the ground by the trash. Being … --- ## [My husband doesn't love me any more.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-doesnt-love-me-any-more/246941)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-husband-doesnt-love-me-any-more/246941 "2004-05-29T01:01:30Z")
He just told me that he’s giving up. I’ll never change and he’s tired of it. He’s tired of my mood swings, he’s tired of “carrying” me, he doesn’t believe I’ll ever get my book published, and he can’t take it any more. H… --- ## [Is Tina Fey transphobic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tina-fey-transphobic/400952)
**Author:** [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2007, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tina-fey-transphobic/400952 "2007-04-24T12:54:24Z")
Last night on 30 Rock Jack Donaghy dismissed an old colleague with the words “now he’s a post-op transgender.” On an earlier episode, Tracy Jordan complained that his wallet was stolen “by a Taiwanese tranny.” Sure, we… --- ## [Why are the Trump defectors having such little impact on the polls and Trump's chances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-trump-defectors-having-such-little-impact-on-the-polls-and-trumps-chances/920041)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 348\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-trump-defectors-having-such-little-impact-on-the-polls-and-trumps-chances/920041 "2020-09-16T17:31:20Z")
I’ve been reading about various Republicans who are unhappy with Trump and plan to either vote for Biden or go third party this election. There are prominent names like John Kasich and Rick Snyder, former GOP governors … --- ## [7-Up is owned by Satanic Freemasons, no matter what they say](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-up-is-owned-by-satanic-freemasons-no-matter-what-they-say/200812)
**Author:** [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-up-is-owned-by-satanic-freemasons-no-matter-what-they-say/200812 "2012-05-01T18:47:10Z")
At work, we have free sodas supplied to us. The fridge in the breakroom is stocked with Coke, Pepsi, diet versions of each, 7-Up, and Dr Pepper. This is good, as the soda gods have smiled upon the IT department and bless… --- ## [Believing in Santa. Believing in God/Satan.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believing-in-santa-believing-in-god-satan/220544)
**Author:** [@ExecutiveJesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExecutiveJesus)\ **Replies:** 320\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believing-in-santa-believing-in-god-satan/220544 "2004-01-05T00:14:11Z")
I see Santa everywhere, on almost every street corner, on the back of trains, in taxis, in department stores. Now that’s omnipresence! And Santa has omniscience. “He knows if you’ve been sleeping. He knows if you’re awa… --- ## [Alcohol. Is there anything it CAN'T do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-is-there-anything-it-cant-do/665733)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-is-there-anything-it-cant-do/665733 "2013-08-16T02:42:56Z")
For about a year now, I’ve had this problem with one of the burner coils on my stove. The damn things sits on a tilt. So when you sit your fry pan on there, it tilts too. I’ve tried on a handful of occasions to fix the t… --- ## [Which macro beer(s) are you responsible for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-macro-beer-s-are-you-responsible-for/560060)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-macro-beer-s-are-you-responsible-for/560060 "2010-11-11T20:24:15Z")
These are the 15 top selling beers in America by volume as 30 seconds of Google research has yielded. While I realize we are all beer snobs and wouldn’t be caught dead quaffing any of these insults to the word “beer,” S… --- ## [Short arms = easier to bench press more weight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-arms-easier-to-bench-press-more-weight/189060)
**Author:** [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-arms-easier-to-bench-press-more-weight/189060 "2003-07-18T17:35:39Z")
I don’t know the physics of it, so that’s why I’m asking: should someone be able to bench press more than someone else because they have shorter arms? A friend of mine (6’1, 160 lbs.) benches less than me (5’8", 145) an… --- ## [Do any truly '20K Leagues Under the Sea'-size Giant Squid really exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-truly-20k-leagues-under-the-sea-size-giant-squid-really-exist/587610)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-truly-20k-leagues-under-the-sea-size-giant-squid-really-exist/587610 "2011-07-11T20:38:07Z")
There was that Japanese undersea footage of the first ever seen alive so-called Giant Squid, and there’s that New Zealand (I think) footage of one (a ‘Colossal Squid’ actually) floundering at the surface, and doing a sea… --- ## [US allies in Vietnam war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-allies-in-vietnam-war/492709)
**Author:** [@tetranz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tetranz)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-allies-in-vietnam-war/492709 "2012-05-17T05:05:32Z")
I wonder if someone could point me to a website with factual information about which countries were allies with the US in the Vietnam war. To be convincing, I guess I’m looking for something other than Wikipedia. I’ve se… --- ## [Did Bain Capital create more jobs than it lost/destroyed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-bain-capital-create-more-jobs-than-it-lost-destroyed/638653)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-bain-capital-create-more-jobs-than-it-lost-destroyed/638653 "2012-10-27T02:55:33Z")
I realize this may devolve into a debate, but for now I’m really just interested in the actual numbers that would answer this question: During Mitt Romney’s tenure as head of Bain Capital, were more jobs created or lost… --- ## [Stephen King's IT question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-it-question/654217)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-it-question/654217 "2013-03-30T03:07:53Z")
In the good town of Derry there was a birdbath with the phrase “apparat eidolon senex” written on it. Was it just some creepy Latin (it means “a phantom appeared in the form of an old man”, apparently) or did it have som… --- ## [SDMB Multiplayer Civ 5 games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-multiplayer-civ-5-games/662080)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-multiplayer-civ-5-games/662080 "2013-09-02T15:04:20Z")
We did this a while back but there was a long lull in civ 5 interest. Recently we’ve begun to play multiplayer games again. We had a 7 man Pangea game over the last 2 weeks that was among our most interesting ever. So I… --- ## [Why does faith not need scientific evidence to be certain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-faith-not-need-scientific-evidence-to-be-certain/640919)
**Author:** [@Klisterhjernen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klisterhjernen)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-faith-not-need-scientific-evidence-to-be-certain/640919 "2012-11-18T13:58:03Z")
Hello!! As a devout Christian, I am constantly questioned about how I can possibly believe in God when there is no (or little) scientific evidence to support His existence. I have gotten quite tired of saying that “oh, … --- ## [How damaging is thoughtless pride in capitalism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-damaging-is-thoughtless-pride-in-capitalism/602722)
**Author:** [@Glutluck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glutluck)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-damaging-is-thoughtless-pride-in-capitalism/602722 "2011-11-26T01:49:22Z")
When I was growing up in the late 80’s, this was a question I would never think to ask but in the last 4-5 years, I’ve been skeptical. I’m from the school that says the Human Race is designed to help one another and loo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=883&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=885&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)