# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=950&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:** 951 --- ## [Star Wars Episode VII ANTI-anticipation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anti-anticipation-thread/730762)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-episode-vii-anti-anticipation-thread/730762 "2015-10-20T03:01:24Z")
Bits and pieces of this movie are coming to us in the form of trailers, posters, toys, and more. Yeah, I was in Costco today, and already… MERCHANDISE!!! And that droid toy at Brookstone. Cool toy! That’s about as nice a… --- ## [Calories in Diet Mountain Dew](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calories-in-diet-mountain-dew/613744)
**Author:** [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calories-in-diet-mountain-dew/613744 "2012-02-24T00:34:01Z")
So most days I usually buy a 20 oz. bottle of Diet Mountain Dew. Thanks to the new prominent calorie labeling (pdf) adopted by the American Beverage Industry in 2010, I can easily see it has “10 Calories per Bottle”. B… --- ## [5 Ways Donald Trump Perfectly Mirrors Hitler's Rise To Power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-ways-donald-trump-perfectly-mirrors-hitlers-rise-to-power/733212)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-ways-donald-trump-perfectly-mirrors-hitlers-rise-to-power/733212 "2015-11-23T02:33:40Z")
The other day I referenced Sinclair Lewis’ book It Can’t Happen Here (which is available for free at Australia’s Project Gutenberg: It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis), and todays main article at Cracked.com lets me… --- ## [Airports you like and airports you don't like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airports-you-like-and-airports-you-dont-like/548371)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airports-you-like-and-airports-you-dont-like/548371 "2010-08-06T01:30:09Z")
I never thought I’d say this, but I now like Las Vegas McCarran airport. I’ve only been to Las Vegas as a tourist, so I don’t know how far away the airport is from major companies in the area. I do know it is close to th… --- ## [Bizarre things that are perfectly legal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-things-that-are-perfectly-legal/597605)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-things-that-are-perfectly-legal/597605 "2011-10-03T22:19:26Z")
I’m in the US, so am more interested in US jurisdictions, but feel free to post regarding your favorite jurisdiction, regardless of where it is in the world. I’m interested in things that are legal to do, but, when you … --- ## [Songs with studio chatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-studio-chatter/717082)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-studio-chatter/717082 "2015-04-15T17:16:16Z")
The most famous example is probably The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter”, where at the end you can hear Ringo Starr shout: “I got blisters on mah fingers!” The beginning of Led Zeppelin’s “Black Country Woman” has Robert Plant… --- ## [European vs American Sexual Attitudes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-vs-american-sexual-attitudes/392677)
**Author:** [@deanc2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deanc2000)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-vs-american-sexual-attitudes/392677 "2007-02-27T14:47:10Z")
If you’ve ever been to Germany, Holland, or France, you may have noted the very liberal attitude towards sex, fetishes, and the like. A sex shop there will cater to most if not all the fetishes. In America, it’s the co… --- ## [How to deal with unwanted gift of a cougar painting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-unwanted-gift-of-a-cougar-painting/631668)
**Author:** [@mengvs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mengvs)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-unwanted-gift-of-a-cougar-painting/631668 "2012-08-22T14:35:30Z")
(Apologies to those of you who clicked on this thread hoping to claim a picture of an attractive older woman.) I recently received a rather large art print of a cougar from a friend of mine. She purchased it while on a … --- ## [Despite modern technology, I still....\[fill in activity of choice\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/despite-modern-technology-i-still-fill-in-activity-of-choice/645938)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/despite-modern-technology-i-still-fill-in-activity-of-choice/645938 "2013-01-07T16:16:24Z")
I was making some pancakes (from scratch) the other night, so got some flour, egg and milk, put the flour into a bowl with a ‘hollow’ added the egg and some milk, and proceeded to mix the pancakes as I had been taught by… --- ## [I read slash. I'm going to hell.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-read-slash-im-going-to-hell/181675)
**Author:** [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-read-slash-im-going-to-hell/181675 "2003-06-18T05:47:26Z")
I’ve been browsing the murkier sections of fanfiction.net this evening. The site is generally a haven for every twelve-year-old AOL user wHo TyPeS LiKe ThIs, but tonight I actually found a cubic zirconia in the rough - a… --- ## [My mare died last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mare-died-last-night/620233)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mare-died-last-night/620233 "2012-05-29T22:35:53Z")
Nakota, the mare who was 9 months in foal, died last night. I don’t know what happened - she was fine and ate her dinner last night. I whistled and called for her to come to breakfast. It took a while, but my gelding cam… --- ## [Allowing interstate competition in health insurance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allowing-interstate-competition-in-health-insurance/533708)
**Author:** [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allowing-interstate-competition-in-health-insurance/533708 "2010-03-30T03:43:05Z")
This keeps getting mentioned by conservatives, including Ann Coulter and mentioned a few times in this thread, but based on past experience I’m going to assume someone will be along shortly to tell me I’ve created a stra… --- ## [Anybody want to give me a blowjob?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-give-me-a-blowjob/84272)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2001, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-give-me-a-blowjob/84272 "2001-09-30T07:12:26Z")
Well it has been a while, I’m not sure how much longer I can hold out. \[sup\]Sorry, Badtz Maru had to be done\[/sup\] --- ## [What Are My Chances of getting this Ticket Dismissed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-my-chances-of-getting-this-ticket-dismissed/660649)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-my-chances-of-getting-this-ticket-dismissed/660649 "2013-07-02T18:38:53Z")
Just got my ticket in the mail-from the nice folks in Suffolk County, NY (Long Island). They claim I failed to stop at a stop sign-I have a remote camera picture. At any rate, I have had no moving violations in over 12 y… --- ## [Indian reservations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-reservations/565506)
**Author:** [@BaconAndEggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaconAndEggs)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-reservations/565506 "2011-01-03T14:49:06Z")
I have a few questions about Indian reservations and Native Americans. Why do they give Native Americans free bus tokens, scholarships, etc. etc. if they are descendants from the Indians of years and years ago? I guess m… --- ## [Is Coakley going to blow it again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coakley-going-to-blow-it-again/696925)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coakley-going-to-blow-it-again/696925 "2014-11-05T22:09:41Z")
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2014/governor/ma/massachusetts\_governor\_baker\_vs\_coakley-3266.html A recent poll showed her up by only 3. The latest Boston Globe poll now has her BEHIND by 1. What is it about he… --- ## [What would you buy the moment it came on DVD if it was ever released?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180 "2011-01-29T22:08:23Z")
Me, it’d be a compilation of dances from So You Think You Can Dance. I love watching the performances and I would snatch up the dvd if I had the chance. I’ve been finding bits in pieces on youtube but I’d rather have it … --- ## [Romney For President Announces Black Leadership Council.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-for-president-announces-black-leadership-council/634905)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-for-president-announces-black-leadership-council/634905 "2012-09-20T07:03:11Z")
http://www.mittromney.com/news/press/2012/09/romney-president-announces-black-leadership-council I can’t do anything but giggle at this. --- ## [Superman cast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584)
**Author:** [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-cast/569584 "2011-02-22T14:27:48Z")
And it’s Henry Cavill (who you may know as Charles Brandon from The Tudors). I think that’s a good bit of casting. The guy from \*True Blood \*would have been good, too, but I’m OK with this. Now I guess he goes on the … --- ## [All Hail Our New Eldrazi Overlords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-our-new-eldrazi-overlords/745383)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-our-new-eldrazi-overlords/745383 "2016-04-05T13:23:00Z")
In what is literally the least diverse Magic: the Gathering Pro Tour finals ever, Eldrazi take up 6 of 8 slots, with the remaining two filled out by Affinity. Here’s hoping that the format can adapt to this looming, ten… --- ## [Do car dealership salesmen think all people just climbed down from the turnip truck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-car-dealership-salesmen-think-all-people-just-climbed-down-from-the-turnip-truck/569858)
**Author:** [@squeekster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeekster)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-car-dealership-salesmen-think-all-people-just-climbed-down-from-the-turnip-truck/569858 "2011-02-06T21:44:25Z")
Last Saturday I went to a local new car dealership to look at used cars. I found one I liked, so I went on a test drive. I ended up deciding to buy it and made a deal I could live with. During the financing stage, eve… --- ## [Kindle bait and switch (What? Book for $14.99!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-bait-and-switch-what-book-for-14-99/580593)
**Author:** [@Lethal\_Babydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lethal_Babydoll)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-bait-and-switch-what-book-for-14-99/580593 "2011-05-09T17:01:46Z")
I went to the Kindle store to pre-order the new Lucas Davenport book by John Sandford. It cost $14.99. I bought my Kindle because I thought the books would be about $10. That’s what they almost all were (or cheaper). H… --- ## [Your favorite final words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2013, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-final-words/675739 "2013-12-18T08:21:00Z")
What’s your favorite famous last words that a notable person in history is known to have said? Mine is: “Thomas Jefferson still survives.” – John Adams, 4 July 1826 Optional: What do you hope your own final words will … --- ## [The Cocktail Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cocktail-party/84744)
**Author:** [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cocktail-party/84744 "2001-10-27T19:43:40Z")
Bon Jour and welcome! This is somewhere between Ginger’s Flirt thread and Fenris’s Dumb Question thread, with a side of Nymysys’s Anti-flirt thread. Only different. The drinks are over there, and the snacks are around.… --- ## [Drunken young lawyer burns 9/11 shrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-young-lawyer-burns-9-11-shrine/516447)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-young-lawyer-burns-9-11-shrine/516447 "2012-07-05T17:29:42Z")
Nothing like a nice image boost for my profession. So this new law school grad, who was scheduled to start a $150,000/year job at mega-firm Sidley & Austin in NYC in January, goes out in Manhattan and gets drunk on the … --- ## [I Hate ABC's What Would You Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-abcs-what-would-you-do/572330 "2011-03-01T17:57:54Z")
I’m sure this is destined for the pit, but let’s start out here. I Hate “What Would You Do” - an ABC News segment that uses secret cameras to see what bystanders would do when some sort of public moral dilemma for bystan… --- ## [Is Pewter Safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pewter-safe/632368)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pewter-safe/632368 "2012-08-25T03:24:12Z")
Well, I am on the road again, and I will not be able to check this thread for another thirty hours. In any case, last night we went to dinner to City Tavern in Philadelphia. (What? You’ve never been?) All very colonial … --- ## [How far can society fall? Read on...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-can-society-fall-read-on/371882)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-can-society-fall-read-on/371882 "2006-09-13T11:30:48Z")
I just saw this. How is it possible that people would do this? It’s like Lord of the Flies meets A clockwork Orange meets The Manson family. Aside from wanting the same fate—times ten—to befall all the scum involved on… --- ## [Would it be fair to ask Palin a Kitty Dukakis question about her daughter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-fair-to-ask-palin-a-kitty-dukakis-question-about-her-daughter/462657)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-fair-to-ask-palin-a-kitty-dukakis-question-about-her-daughter/462657 "2008-09-10T23:07:06Z")
In the 1988 Presidential debate, Mike Dukakis was asked if he would support the death penalty if a person raped and killed his wife. Dukakis gave one of the worst answers of all time and rambled on about how crime was do… --- ## [Is anyone you love a bigot? How about persons you've loved in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-you-love-a-bigot-how-about-persons-youve-loved-in-the-past/637023)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-you-love-a-bigot-how-about-persons-youve-loved-in-the-past/637023 "2012-10-11T17:12:32Z")
Think of all the persons you know personally and love. I don’t care whether you mean romantic love, filial love, fraternal or sororal love, or friendly love, but please restrict yourself to persons you have actually met … --- ## [I do not want to win the lottery: Am I alone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-want-to-win-the-lottery-am-i-alone/546398)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-do-not-want-to-win-the-lottery-am-i-alone/546398 "2010-07-16T14:11:42Z")
I have no desire to win the lottery. None. Sure, a little more money would be nice, but a lot more? No. I think it would change my life, and not for the better. I think I would become paranoid about losing it. I th… --- ## [Dealing with angry people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-angry-people/624257)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-angry-people/624257 "2012-06-12T13:42:51Z")
I used to have a coworker who would throw the kind of tantrums you expect of a 5 year old; yelling and cursing for a quarter of an hour. She would do this in a law office (clients weren’t around). She once threw a tantru… --- ## [What is worth splurging on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-worth-splurging-on/843830)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-worth-splurging-on/843830 "2019-12-03T21:25:36Z")
A national financial columnist, Rob Carrick, wrote a column today about things worth paying extra money for. I kind of liked it. His list includes bedsheets, headphones, garbage bags, living alone, a good backpack, pay… --- ## [MLB: Create your best team based on first name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-create-your-best-team-based-on-first-name/602828)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-create-your-best-team-based-on-first-name/602828 "2011-11-16T15:16:15Z")
My fiancee and I were having a random discussion about this last night, and I thought it might be a good one for the Dope. The game is simple. Try to come up with the best team you can where all f the team’s players shar… --- ## [Whipping Cream sulfur smell -- normal??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whipping-cream-sulfur-smell-normal/121036)
**Author:** [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whipping-cream-sulfur-smell-normal/121036 "2023-11-18T20:16:07Z")
At the coffee store I work at, we make our own whipped cream by pouring whipping cream (aka heavy cream) into a special bottle and charging it with compressed gas. Lately, my store has been throwing out a lot of cartons … --- ## [Obama must stop stalling MI/FL revotes for the good of the party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-must-stop-stalling-mi-fl-revotes-for-the-good-of-the-party/446961)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-must-stop-stalling-mi-fl-revotes-for-the-good-of-the-party/446961 "2008-05-05T14:26:43Z")
We’ve been treated to a hefty load here from the Obama camp about how he has no obligation to do anything to try to fix the Michigan and Florida messes, too bad, the rules are the rules - which is \*technically \* true, bu… --- ## [What's the cheapest hotel you ever stayed at? Did it suck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-cheapest-hotel-you-ever-stayed-at-did-it-suck/39687)
**Author:** [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-cheapest-hotel-you-ever-stayed-at-did-it-suck/39687 "2016-03-15T01:27:42Z")
I always see signs in the middle of nowhere for hotels at $19.99 a night and I think, Norman Bates? Has anyone stayed at an el cheapo room? My cheapest room was $39.99 in Georgia outside of Atlanta. It was a name hotel … --- ## [How come a Creationist doesn't post somethin ....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-a-creationist-doesnt-post-somethin/298715)
**Author:** [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-a-creationist-doesnt-post-somethin/298715 "2005-04-19T21:55:59Z")
so that we can get an answering post from Darwin’s Finch? --- ## [Technological singularity, why would it NOT happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technological-singularity-why-would-it-not-happen/549252)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technological-singularity-why-would-it-not-happen/549252 "2010-08-10T16:44:45Z")
Read about Technological Singularity It seem to me as a novice as a most plausible conclusion. Technology is always moving aehad why would it move into this direction? --- ## [has anyone had the pulled pork sandwich from subway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-the-pulled-pork-sandwich-from-subway/665785)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-the-pulled-pork-sandwich-from-subway/665785 "2013-09-03T21:23:54Z")
i love pulled pork normally but it doesn’t seem like the type of think subway would do well --- ## [To bisexual men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-bisexual-men/580072)
**Author:** [@Danika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danika)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-bisexual-men/580072 "2011-05-08T14:46:34Z")
A question to bisexual men on this forum, or others who might know the answer. Are bisexual men attracted to certain types of women? Like women with boyish figures? Women above average height? Women who have a dominant … --- ## [What can I buy in Canada but not the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-in-canada-but-not-the-us/206183 "2003-10-22T06:24:34Z")
I have to take a trip to Detroit in a month and while I’m there I thought I’d take a quick trip to Canada. What things can I buy legally there that I can’t get in the US? I’ve heard that Cuban cigars are available but … --- ## [I had absolutely no idea that I Dream of Jeannie had so much sexual innuendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-absolutely-no-idea-that-i-dream-of-jeannie-had-so-much-sexual-innuendo/439996)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-absolutely-no-idea-that-i-dream-of-jeannie-had-so-much-sexual-innuendo/439996 "2008-03-08T11:16:05Z")
I used to watch I Dream of Jeannie on TV Land as a little kid back in the 90s and never thought of it as anything other than an innocent, quaint relic of the past. I recently watched an episode of it on Youtube out of no… --- ## [Was Eric (Phantom of the Opera) impotent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eric-phantom-of-the-opera-impotent/322776)
**Author:** [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eric-phantom-of-the-opera-impotent/322776 "2005-09-22T21:18:35Z")
Please settle a bet. :slight\_smile: In the ALW version (movie and stage) of PotO, Eric has the following lines: That fate which condemns me to wallow in blood Has also denied me the joys of the flesh. This face, the… --- ## [What are you doing for Lent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-for-lent/572834)
**Author:** [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-for-lent/572834 "2011-04-25T23:28:17Z")
It’s Ash Wednesday next week. What are you doing/giving up/reading for Lent? If you’ve come in to say “Haw haw! I gave up being Christian, you suckers!” or something, yes, we’ve all heard it before, and please refrain. … --- ## [Etiquette for second round Wedding Invitations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-for-second-round-wedding-invitations/550064)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-for-second-round-wedding-invitations/550064 "2010-08-17T18:49:58Z")
So our wedding is in two months. It was planned as a very small wedding. No more than 70 guests, with most of those being family. As our deadline for RSVPing has just passed, we sit with only about 40 confirmed guests. 1… --- ## [Game of Throne Viewers: How Many of the Books Have You Read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-throne-viewers-how-many-of-the-books-have-you-read/617634)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-throne-viewers-how-many-of-the-books-have-you-read/617634 "2013-05-08T13:53:50Z")
At DrDeth’s request, a poll. One poster contents that 90% of Game of Thrones viewers are not book readers, and another figures the non-reader figure is less than 50%. Let’s see, shall we? How many of the Songs of Fire a… --- ## [Incel question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incel-question/832822)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incel-question/832822 "2019-04-25T20:39:10Z")
OK, so I get it that some of them seem to think that any woman should drop and spread her legs for them because they are interested in her … and seem to get pissy because women are not flocking to sleep with any man that… --- ## [Sedans don't have rear window wipers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sedans-dont-have-rear-window-wipers/731515)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sedans-dont-have-rear-window-wipers/731515 "2025-08-25T17:05:26Z")
I brought in my Mazda for some routine service and ran into the guy who sold it to me. I told him the only thing I wasn’t crazy about was that it doesn’t have a rear window wiper. He looked a bit puzzled and said, “Sed… --- ## [How does Casey Anthony give off the vibes she does?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-casey-anthony-give-off-the-vibes-she-does/589345)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-casey-anthony-give-off-the-vibes-she-does/589345 "2011-07-22T21:22:45Z")
I don’t know whether she did it or not and I really don’t know the details of the case, but every picture I have seen of Casey Anthony gives me the impression that she is an incredibly selfish woman. Do you feel the sam… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=949&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=951&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)