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**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-do-anything-beneficial/516918 "2009-11-29T00:17:26Z")
Okay: disclaimer time… Being half-German doesn’t mean I condone the actions of this monster, and for Og’s sake, PLEASE don’t send this to GD!:eek: Delete it, instead. Please? (I am reporting this myself, so I’ll save y… --- ## [Home Defense pistol yes or no](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-defense-pistol-yes-or-no/784296)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-defense-pistol-yes-or-no/784296 "2017-04-17T02:15:06Z")
The other day my vehicle had a window smash apparently I had nothing taken except a nylon wallet type holder in my driver’s glove compartment that had a bunch of spare keys for different things and my vehicle registratio… --- ## [If there are parallel universes and other dimensions, what is the term for reality as a whole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-are-parallel-universes-and-other-dimensions-what-is-the-term-for-reality-as-a-whole/747890)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-are-parallel-universes-and-other-dimensions-what-is-the-term-for-reality-as-a-whole/747890 "2016-03-08T05:12:44Z")
So the term the Universe is used to describe reality in its largest form, as far as I know. Everything that is real is a part of the Universe and nothing that exists is outside of it. If it turns out that we live in a mu… --- ## [Breaking News - I5 Bridge Collapse North of Seattle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-i5-bridge-collapse-north-of-seattle/659190)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-i5-bridge-collapse-north-of-seattle/659190 "2013-09-18T21:41:25Z")
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Report-I-5-bridge-collapses-over-Skagit-River-cars-in-water-208758631.html “traffic is reportedly backed up significantly on I-5.” Johnny LA, you got a copy? Ya think?? :smack: --- ## [Fuck You Cleveland P.D.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-cleveland-p-d/657766)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-cleveland-p-d/657766 "2013-05-13T12:07:24Z")
Holy fucking shit! Dear god what the fuck does it take?! Wait, there was more!? What, you don’t even keep fucking records now?? Source of the quotes Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with the Cleveland PD? Years… --- ## [Motorcycle Racing: Knee Down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycle-racing-knee-down/325795)
**Author:** [@633squadron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/633squadron)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycle-racing-knee-down/325795 "2005-10-15T01:49:34Z")
I tried to research this on my own but couldn’t find anything… In motorcycle circuit track racing, why do the riders put their “inside” knee down towards the pavement? I ride a motorcycle and I love to take the tight t… --- ## [What is exactly is it with the left's obsession with intersectionality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-exactly-is-it-with-the-lefts-obsession-with-intersectionality/807109)
**Author:** [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-exactly-is-it-with-the-lefts-obsession-with-intersectionality/807109 "2018-01-31T12:23:00Z")
Hi! First thread aside from my introduction one in. As someone who’s instigating in politics more than ever before, I am still trying to understand the big deal with intersectionality… Where would I belong in a intersec… --- ## [Is the Tea Party detrimental to the Republican Establishment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-tea-party-detrimental-to-the-republican-establishment/575984)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-tea-party-detrimental-to-the-republican-establishment/575984 "2011-03-31T15:13:49Z")
This is a straight up question about the Republican establishment and the movement of the ultra-right Tea Party hooligans\\ I mean people as being a detriment to the GOP in the 2012 election. I was chatting with my Dad l… --- ## [Romancing techniques that have the opposite effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romancing-techniques-that-have-the-opposite-effect/633304)
**Author:** [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romancing-techniques-that-have-the-opposite-effect/633304 "2012-09-05T06:11:52Z")
When I was a teenager I was desperate for sex. Speaking as an old git, in those days things weren’t so liberal and I would do anything , and I mean ANYTHING, to get my hand into a girls bra. Now not so much. Things th… --- ## [Quantum Physics and Consciousness: metaphorically similar? Physically consistent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-physics-and-consciousness-metaphorically-similar-physically-consistent/783069)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-physics-and-consciousness-metaphorically-similar-physically-consistent/783069 "2017-03-30T10:04:31Z")
Quantum Physics is so hard to understand because it doesn’t deal with “particles.” Instead, the stuff of Reality is made up of “probability fields” which collapse from “all possibilities” to “this specific manifestation… --- ## [Homosexuality and the Bible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality-and-the-bible/179527)
**Author:** [@Major\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Kong)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuality-and-the-bible/179527 "2003-08-11T21:49:53Z")
To follow the teachings of the Bible do you have to believe that homosexuality is a sin? I know a person could just reject the verses that are negative towards homosexuality, but I think this leads to path where you can … --- ## [FTL: I could use some tips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ftl-i-could-use-some-tips/685874)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ftl-i-could-use-some-tips/685874 "2014-04-28T15:32:08Z")
For the uninitiated FTL is a real time/turn based space exploration game. You trick out your ship, hire crew, make story choices and explore the universe while running from The Rebels. It’s essentially Firefly if The R… --- ## [Recommend me a healthy breakfast that will fill me up until noon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-healthy-breakfast-that-will-fill-me-up-until-noon/617183)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-healthy-breakfast-that-will-fill-me-up-until-noon/617183 "2012-03-31T01:52:50Z")
I have been changing my diet in order to eat healthier. First thing I did was completely replace my lunch with a salad. The grocery store now has these bags of pre-cut salad, which last 3 or 4 days, no dressing in them, … --- ## [Canadian Dopers: Is it unacceptable to have the BQ allied with the government?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-is-it-unacceptable-to-have-the-bq-allied-with-the-government/475536)
**Author:** [@serious\_lark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/serious_lark)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-dopers-is-it-unacceptable-to-have-the-bq-allied-with-the-government/475536 "2008-12-16T23:03:50Z")
Prime Minister Harper is currently harping on the issue that the potential coalition government, by being supported by the BQ on votes of confidence in its 1st 18 months, would be “in bed with separatists” etc. While th… --- ## [So, that intention guy is kinda stupid, huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-intention-guy-is-kinda-stupid-huh/517865)
**Author:** [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-intention-guy-is-kinda-stupid-huh/517865 "2009-11-20T19:46:05Z")
One of a clot of anti-global warming ninnies that the dope enshrines, intention has continually brought up Senator Inhofe’s “List of 700 Scientists that Poop on Global Warming!!1” He’s been shown several times that the … --- ## ["Thru" is not a word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thru-is-not-a-word/673734)
**Author:** [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thru-is-not-a-word/673734 "2013-11-17T00:20:10Z")
I notice this spelling fairly often, including on this message board, by people who seem to be making every effort to write well. Every other word is spelt correctly, but then this “thru” spelling shows up like a big tur… --- ## [Doing PE in underwear in Britain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-pe-in-underwear-in-britain/795836)
**Author:** [@JessicaHoyt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessicaHoyt)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-pe-in-underwear-in-britain/795836 "2018-10-18T19:28:37Z")
I’ve read some Britons online claim they had to do PE in their underwear as a child because they forgot their PE kits. And yes some of the classes where this occurred were coed. It’s not 100% clear to me how common t… --- ## [Potential problems from chronic use of extremely high dosage of loperamide HCL (imodium)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-problems-from-chronic-use-of-extremely-high-dosage-of-loperamide-hcl-imodium/639724)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potential-problems-from-chronic-use-of-extremely-high-dosage-of-loperamide-hcl-imodium/639724 "2012-11-06T15:28:40Z")
This is something that has been on my mind for quite some time. I suffer from certain spinal-cord injury-related gastro-intestinal issues which have plagued me for the duration of my time as a paraplegic (12+years). Ov… --- ## [The second Scottish independence referendum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-scottish-independence-referendum/768529)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2016, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-scottish-independence-referendum/768529 "2016-10-21T10:42:15Z")
Since the last one was so much fun!: SNP's Nicola Sturgeon announces new independence referendum bill - BBC News --- ## [The Wimpiest Predator???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wimpiest-predator/600108)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wimpiest-predator/600108 "2011-10-21T00:57:59Z")
Amongst land animals you could make a good argument that the tiger is the fiercest predator. Able to kill almost anything, and with the disposition to act on it. Or maybe it’s the polar bear. Or the grizzly. etc. In… --- ## [Is a full-scale, successful invasion of the US possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-full-scale-successful-invasion-of-the-us-possible/155264)
**Author:** [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-full-scale-successful-invasion-of-the-us-possible/155264 "2003-02-25T15:07:33Z")
(Moderators: I’m not sure if this is in the right forum, so please feel free to move it if you think it isn’t.) I’m not a military person, and I’m only just now beginning to understand the ins & outs of what’s going on … --- ## [I pit drive-by posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112)
**Author:** [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drive-by-posts/353112 "2006-05-11T21:05:06Z")
This is the newest thing I can’t stand about this board. In threads concerning political matters, I it when people post a one or two sentence, extremely controversial and political statement, often in the form of s… --- ## [Got any cool names for a couple of snakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732)
**Author:** [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-cool-names-for-a-couple-of-snakes/214732 "2003-11-25T00:36:29Z")
Help! I’m adding a couple of Rat Snakes to my own menagarie and I’d like to give them really good names. They were both born in August and I’ll be able to bring them home pretty soon. Right now my friend, who bred the b… --- ## [Do Brita filters actually DO anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-brita-filters-actually-do-anything/258978)
**Author:** [@Bingo\_Plebney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bingo_Plebney)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-brita-filters-actually-do-anything/258978 "2004-08-10T11:50:11Z")
I was just wondering if I was wasting time and money by bothering to pour Lake Michigan water through one of those activated-charcoal-filterey pitchers. Just curious, BP --- ## [The Batmobile lost a wheel, and .... ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-batmobile-lost-a-wheel-and/607204)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-batmobile-lost-a-wheel-and/607204 "2011-12-29T16:00:47Z")
A companion to the thread about different mutations of altered children’s lyrics to “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”: the variations on “Jingle Bells”. As I recall from childhood, \* Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin… --- ## [Ingestion of Dish Soap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingestion-of-dish-soap/520865)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingestion-of-dish-soap/520865 "2009-12-12T01:39:22Z")
What happens if dish soap (say, Dawn™) gets in your mouth, and/or if you swallow it? The reason I ask: I was thinking the other day about how dish soap is made to dissolve oils, and how capsaicin from hot peppers is ess… --- ## [Michelle Obama "Whitey" Time Bomb: Or, the blogosphere is dumb.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550 "2008-06-12T06:06:24Z")
Go to google blog search and enter Michelle Obama Whitey… you’ll get well over ONE THOUSAND hits to blogs claiming that a video with Michelle Obama using the term “Whitey” will surface any day now and completely sink the… --- ## [Scariest elements in a movie--spoilers maybe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-elements-in-a-movie-spoilers-maybe/534109)
**Author:** [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-elements-in-a-movie-spoilers-maybe/534109 "2010-04-05T19:28:25Z")
I didn’t want to hijack another thread, but in that thread someone was asking about scary movies and there was discussion on what makes a scary movie “scary.” I’d like to see what makes things scary for the people here. … --- ## [Scraping toast in the U.K.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scraping-toast-in-the-u-k/444185)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scraping-toast-in-the-u-k/444185 "2008-04-15T20:43:13Z")
I have always been an addict of British television and movies and I have noticed than whenever people are shown eating breakfast, someone is invariable scraping the burnt layer off a piece of toast. Is this really very … --- ## [There Will Be Blood \[Boxed spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-blood-boxed-spoilers/432539)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-blood-boxed-spoilers/432539 "2008-03-01T06:33:07Z")
Simply, one of the best movies of the year. One of the best movies about a time in American history. In Daniel Day-Lewis, one of the best performances, not of the year, not of the decade, but of ALL TIME. That is all. F… --- ## [Which filters tobacco better, cigarette filters or water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-filters-tobacco-better-cigarette-filters-or-water/305924)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-filters-tobacco-better-cigarette-filters-or-water/305924 "2013-10-23T03:13:36Z")
I’m thinking that the hookah (or bong, I suppose) has long been a source of some comfort to smokers, since the smoke is filtered and cooled. But I’m wondering how effective the water is as a filter compared to the littl… --- ## [Child Support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-support/550085)
**Author:** [@forgottenstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/forgottenstar)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-support/550085 "2010-08-17T22:24:16Z")
OK…I’m not asking for legal advise- I’m just wondering if I decided to pursue would it even be worth it. My “step dad” legally adopted me when I was about 9 years old. Before he adopted me, my biological father was sen… --- ## [Fuck you and your North Face Jackets. THEY LOOK LIKE SHIT.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-and-your-north-face-jackets-they-look-like-shit/342719)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-and-your-north-face-jackets-they-look-like-shit/342719 "2006-02-03T21:33:19Z")
I’m SO FUCKING SICK OF NORTH FACE JACKETS. It seriously seems like 50% of all people here, male and female, have the same ugly black North Face jacket. I think these are the crummiest looking jackets ever. They’re made o… --- ## [Phony (And Stupid) Fake "Marine" Busted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phony-and-stupid-fake-marine-busted/382347)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phony-and-stupid-fake-marine-busted/382347 "2006-12-08T16:08:46Z")
Phony Marine Busted What gave this loser away? :smack: :smack: :smack: --- ## [Songs you finally understand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-finally-understand/623362)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-finally-understand/623362 "2012-06-06T00:42:43Z")
Just put “Can’t Stop Loving You” by Phil Collins on my iPod. Listened carefully, realized it a break-up song! :smack: --- ## [Trivial Pursuit Mistakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-mistakes/228555)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-pursuit-mistakes/228555 "2024-01-02T01:47:27Z")
The amount of mis-information in Trivial Pursuit (Genus Edition) is staggering. I haven’t played in a long time, but I recall numerous mistakes coming up under science, esp. One question specifically stands out in my m… --- ## [Is it legal to deplane passangers before the prop stops?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-deplane-passangers-before-the-prop-stops/605285)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-deplane-passangers-before-the-prop-stops/605285 "2012-01-18T04:41:12Z")
I’ve been reading about a tragedy this past weekend in Dallas. A woman had gone up in a plane to see Christmas lights. After deplaning, she walked right into the prop. The obvious question is why anyone is allowed to de… --- ## [Craig Ferguson's experiment tonight(Stephen Fry)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-fergusons-experiment-tonight-stephen-fry/530184)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-fergusons-experiment-tonight-stephen-fry/530184 "2010-02-27T23:01:28Z")
Craig is interviewing Stephen Fry for the entire hour tonight, with no audience. I have to admit, it sounds like a good experiment and Fry is a good choice for a guest, since he is fun to talk to. Check it out, folks! --- ## [All-Male Fox Panel Freaks Out About Female Breadwinners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-male-fox-panel-freaks-out-about-female-breadwinners/659744)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-male-fox-panel-freaks-out-about-female-breadwinners/659744 "2013-06-04T22:01:21Z")
Here is a story from HuffPo titled “All-Male Fox Panel Freaks Out About Female Breadwinners”, about a recent Pew study that showed that the female was the primary income earner in 4 out of 10 households with children. … --- ## [In a common internal combustion engine: 3/4 throttle vs. full throttle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-common-internal-combustion-engine-3-4-throttle-vs-full-throttle/618288)
**Author:** [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-common-internal-combustion-engine-3-4-throttle-vs-full-throttle/618288 "2012-04-10T20:57:12Z")
Prefer that WAG’s be avoided here. Take a common internal combustion gas engine (typical boat or car engine). Are there specific reasons that operation at wide open throttle (WOT) would cause any realistically measurab… --- ## [When Jim Shooter raped Ms. Marvel (and other crimes against the Marvel Universe)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-jim-shooter-raped-ms-marvel-and-other-crimes-against-the-marvel-universe/662731)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-jim-shooter-raped-ms-marvel-and-other-crimes-against-the-marvel-universe/662731 "2013-07-11T00:39:12Z")
I happened to come across this article about the infamous Rape of Ms. Marvel storyline in Avengers #200. I think I had read this article (or something along the same lines) a long time ago. In fact, I had read that ver… --- ## [Deleting a socks' threads and posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-a-socks-threads-and-posts/573843)
**Author:** [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-a-socks-threads-and-posts/573843 "2011-03-09T01:31:13Z")
I wrote this post in response to this thread, which got closed before I could post it. (Which is annoying, by the way – does it really hurt anything to give people a chance to comment on mod actions?) \[QUOTE=Giraffe\] … --- ## [Factual question about Iron Man 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-about-iron-man-2/539605)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-about-iron-man-2/539605 "2010-05-20T12:55:22Z")
Although I didn’t see the movie, I read about it, looking up spoilers and such, and I have a question about something if Tony Stark and the Iron Man suit were real. OK, say in reality there was a Tony Stark who built an… --- ## [If the SDMB existed 40+ years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-sdmb-existed-40-years-ago/467317 "2008-10-16T21:13:49Z")
If the Board existed before The Simpsons, Seinfeld, Star Wars, Monty Python, etc., what TV shows and movies would we be quoting incessantly? I’m thinking Marx Brothers, and possibly Firesign Theater. --- ## [I Am Being Sued!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-sued/380407)
**Author:** [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-sued/380407 "2006-11-16T20:16:12Z")
On October 13, my 18 year old son got into a car accident. He was totally at fault and hit someone from behind at a traffic light. My son immediately called me and I came to the scene of the accident. The police offic… --- ## [Does Supernatural get any better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-supernatural-get-any-better/619032)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-supernatural-get-any-better/619032 "2013-03-29T13:39:25Z")
I’ve watched about 11 episodes of this, and frankly I’m getting bored. So far the plot has all been the standard Monster-of-the-Week. The boys hear about some trouble in a town, they go to the town, they defeat the monst… --- ## [yoke vs stick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoke-vs-stick/106996)
**Author:** [@YPOD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YPOD)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoke-vs-stick/106996 "2015-10-22T18:19:08Z")
Why do some aircraft have yokes - the steering wheel like control at the end of the stick, and why do some just have a stick? Any advantage to disadvantage to either one? --- ## [How Many Different Airports have You Been To?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-airports-have-you-been-to/561506)
**Author:** [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-airports-have-you-been-to/561506 "2010-11-27T22:55:04Z")
I was travelling this week and passed thru a couple of airports (layovers) that I had never been to before. I had some time to kill and was looking in one of the airline magazines at their route maps and went ahead and c… --- ## [What is Trump's current health?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538 "2026-09-15T19:46:58Z")
As of today, and as long as this thread stays active, what do you think the best evidence of Trump’s current health? The WH has been less than forthcoming about various aspects - such as when his last negative test was.… --- ## [Will gun owners make the "Obama gun grab" a self-fulfilling prophecy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-gun-owners-make-the-obama-gun-grab-a-self-fulfilling-prophecy/492131)
**Author:** [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-gun-owners-make-the-obama-gun-grab-a-self-fulfilling-prophecy/492131 "2009-04-09T03:12:12Z")
There have been multiple mass shootings in the past month or so, the most recent being the one in Pittsburgh where 3 cops were killed by a man who friends say was obsessed with the idea that the Obama administration woul… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=935&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=937&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)