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**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-set-on-us-navy-ships/689209 "2014-07-12T12:40:02Z")
In honor of Memorial Day (and because my old man served in the Navy), what are your favorite movies set mostly or partly aboard US Navy ships? I expect most will be WWII movies, but if you can find any about John Paul J… --- ## [Edgar Cayce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-cayce/434718)
**Author:** [@soffty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soffty)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edgar-cayce/434718 "2008-01-28T21:18:33Z")
I read the answer from staff advisor David to a question posed 7 years ago about the staright dope opinion of Edgar Cayce. I appreciate the manner in which David replied, and his ability to be objective. However, he appa… --- ## [This can't be a poltergeist...any ideas as to a rational explanation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cant-be-a-poltergeist-any-ideas-as-to-a-rational-explanation/476771)
**Author:** [@zhlf210](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zhlf210)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cant-be-a-poltergeist-any-ideas-as-to-a-rational-explanation/476771 "2008-12-12T14:25:07Z")
So, twice in the last couple of weeks, mysterious pools of water have appeared in my house. I just can’t explain them, but I’m a man of logic darn it and there must be a rational explanation! The first time, I was clea… --- ## [The pro-mask side needs to step up its influencing game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pro-mask-side-needs-to-step-up-its-influencing-game/915842)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pro-mask-side-needs-to-step-up-its-influencing-game/915842 "2020-10-12T09:17:15Z")
It’s not possible for these people to simultaneously be so stupid that they can easily be manipulated by Donald Trump and conspiracy theory memes on Facebook, yet also either TOO stupid or not stupid enough to be influen… --- ## [Words that have only one repeated vowel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-have-only-one-repeated-vowel/622146)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-have-only-one-repeated-vowel/622146 "2020-01-26T16:44:54Z")
The other day, while playing Scrabble, I started to think about words that have only one repeated vowel in them (like, for instance, “canasta”). I tried to see what was the longest word I could come up with that would h… --- ## [Examples of improbable real-life events](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-improbable-real-life-events/792479)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-improbable-real-life-events/792479 "2017-08-07T13:40:16Z")
Specifically - ones that, if a book- or a script-writer would have put in the book/script, the editor would request a change because it is too pat/made-up. I can think of two offhand: A married presidential candidate… --- ## [I Pit Rick Scott and I Pit Florida](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rick-scott-and-i-pit-florida/713041)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rick-scott-and-i-pit-florida/713041 "2015-02-21T18:52:14Z")
Scott, because of these new corruption scandals (evading the Sunshine Law; lying about the firing of FDLE executive director Gerald Bailey after the latter resisted Scott’s attempts to politicize the department; understa… --- ## [Air Conditioner for Side Opening Windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-conditioner-for-side-opening-windows/535267)
**Author:** [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-conditioner-for-side-opening-windows/535267 "2010-04-11T15:26:43Z")
OK, I tried googling this, and either my google-fu is weak, or I’m just not coming up with ‘the straight dope’ on the matter. My apartment mainly has windows that open side-to-side, not bottom-to-top. This summer, we’re… --- ## [Looking for help with a weird problem. \[Disappearing aquarium fish apparently reappearing later\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-help-with-a-weird-problem-disappearing-aquarium-fish-apparently-reappearing-later/557531)
**Author:** [@strangeluck2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/strangeluck2010)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-help-with-a-weird-problem-disappearing-aquarium-fish-apparently-reappearing-later/557531 "2010-11-02T01:15:32Z")
You may not be the people to help me but you might know who could. First of all let me start by saying this isn’t a joke. It is a really happening: I purchased a brand new 6.5 gallon round (round means cylinder shape… --- ## [What Happened To The Tie Clip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-tie-clip/528646)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-tie-clip/528646 "2010-02-18T04:10:55Z")
I was watching reruns of “Barney Miller” and I noticed Wojo had a neat looking tie clip. It was a pair of handcuffs. Anyway I got to thinking, what happened to tie clips? When did they go out of style? I don’t recall e… --- ## [Hot skin, no rash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-skin-no-rash/521449)
**Author:** [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-skin-no-rash/521449 "2016-03-15T17:00:53Z")
I guess I’ll be giving my doctor a call tomorrow, but I’m interested if anyone has any ideas about a very weird symptom I’ve been experiencing intermittently for the last day or so. There is a spot on the top of my left … --- ## [Does energy exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-energy-exist/547826)
**Author:** [@SyuRi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SyuRi)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-energy-exist/547826 "2015-12-26T22:46:05Z")
On the real world, or is it just a theoretical concept created by humans to facilitate on understanding and calculations? I was discussing this the other day, and it seemed that we couldn’t say an object had energy, but… --- ## [How exactly does one dissolve a government?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-one-dissolve-a-government/696473)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-does-one-dissolve-a-government/696473 "2014-08-27T15:54:05Z")
I’ve read about this happening before in Israel and the UK and a handful of other countries; France is the latest country to dissolve their government. According to \[the story: \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E… --- ## [Toxicity due to consumption of rust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toxicity-due-to-consumption-of-rust/541881)
**Author:** [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toxicity-due-to-consumption-of-rust/541881 "2010-06-04T19:23:41Z")
Let’s say I had some rusty cookware. Or knives. Or something. (I don’t, but imagine I did.) And I used them in the preparation of food. What is the danger, if any, from the consumption of rust? --- ## [The stupidest thing I have ever heard an American in Europe say.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-thing-i-have-ever-heard-an-american-in-europe-say/66687)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stupidest-thing-i-have-ever-heard-an-american-in-europe-say/66687 "2001-06-07T16:36:36Z")
I’ve been all over the world. Travel is my main hobby. Quite often I am embarrassed by my fellow countrymen but this couple takes the cake for outright stupidity. Scene: October of 1998 in the Egyptian antiquities secti… --- ## [Why the discrepancy between the Dominican Republican & Haiti](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-discrepancy-between-the-dominican-republican-haiti/525379)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-discrepancy-between-the-dominican-republican-haiti/525379 "2010-02-05T03:57:45Z")
On most important fronts like per capita GDP, Human development index, infant mortality, civil and political freedoms, etc. the Dominican republic is ahead of Haiti. They have more wealth, more freedom, fewer major probl… --- ## [Songs Where the "Clean" Version Is Better Than The Unedited One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-clean-version-is-better-than-the-unedited-one/629557)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-clean-version-is-better-than-the-unedited-one/629557 "2012-08-02T02:38:45Z")
After reading the couple of recent threads recently about songs that toss in one or two curse words, I got to thinking about the way those kind of songs are edited for radio. In general, when a song with not-safe-for-rad… --- ## [It's time for the Unknown Posters thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677)
**Author:** [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-the-unknown-posters-thread/156677 "2003-04-03T02:31:01Z")
You know the folks I’m talking about. I’ll be reading a thread, and I’ll see a sharp, concise, thoughtful post, look at the username and think “I’ve never seen that guy before.” Then I look closer and see that the pers… --- ## [Kid screams nonstop for 8-hour flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-screams-nonstop-for-8-hour-flight/808982)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-screams-nonstop-for-8-hour-flight/808982 "2018-02-26T00:16:54Z")
If you haven’t seen it yet, you might not want the volume up too loud. This little boy screamed throughout a flight from Germany to New Jersey. That’s eight hours of hell for the passengers and no intervention whatsoeve… --- ## [Execution by CO (carbon monoxide gas) - pros and cons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/execution-by-co-carbon-monoxide-gas-pros-and-cons/694267)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/execution-by-co-carbon-monoxide-gas-pros-and-cons/694267 "2014-07-30T01:01:59Z")
This is meant to be a factual discussion, not a debate over death penalty issues. What would be the downside of using CO (carbon monoxide) gas for executions? Assume a “gas chamber” setup, with, say, three valves, any … --- ## ["Come back to Africa..." Wade tells Haitians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-back-to-africa-wade-tells-haitians/525312)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-back-to-africa-wade-tells-haitians/525312 "2012-04-08T19:33:06Z")
The President of Senegal (Abdoulaye Wade) is offering free land to Haitians refugees. \[ \](BBC News - Senegal offers land to Haitians)You know in reading this story I couldn’t help but think of the Jamaican Rastas who s… --- ## [The worst movie remake of all time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movie-remake-of-all-time/529556)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-movie-remake-of-all-time/529556 "2010-02-22T19:02:44Z")
Some movies just shouldn’t be remade. They are a great ride, fun to watch every once in a while, and never disappoint. But some genius always thinks he can make a few bucks by making a remake of the original hit. My c… --- ## [I want to report a store for violating credit card agreement -- worth the trouble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-report-a-store-for-violating-credit-card-agreement-worth-the-trouble/411831)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-report-a-store-for-violating-credit-card-agreement-worth-the-trouble/411831 "2007-07-26T00:47:14Z")
Yesterday, I got ice cream at a place in the mall. After the purchase was totalled up (at more than $13 for the four of us!), I handed my Visa card to the kid at the register. She politely told me that there was a 25 c… --- ## [advice for self-taught graphic designers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-self-taught-graphic-designers/548729)
**Author:** [@goBuffalo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goBuffalo)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-self-taught-graphic-designers/548729 "2014-04-27T03:39:57Z")
Hey guys, So I was not formally trained in design. Ever since I was a kid I noticed a heightened interest in aesthetic and have been using the tools (photoshop, etc) since I was a kid. I’m 26 now, got a degree in polit… --- ## [FBI admits flaws in hair analysis over decades: Is forensic science all it's cracked up to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-admits-flaws-in-hair-analysis-over-decades-is-forensic-science-all-its-cracked-up-to-be/718384)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-admits-flaws-in-hair-analysis-over-decades-is-forensic-science-all-its-cracked-up-to-be/718384 "2015-04-27T21:47:16Z")
This is obviously completely unacceptable, and that’s an understatement. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/fbi-overstated-forensic-hair-matches-in-nearly-all-criminal-trials-for-decades/2015/04/18/39c8d8c6-e515-… --- ## [GAME 2 of the week. Don't open this thread if you don't plan on responding.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493)
**Author:** [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-2-of-the-week-dont-open-this-thread-if-you-dont-plan-on-responding/44493 "2001-06-22T00:42:42Z")
Let’s see how close we can keep the views to the actual post count of this thread. I bet it will deviate fairly quickly but those people are just spoil sports and we don’t love them anymore anyway. :stuck\_out\_tongue: HU… --- ## [marijuana v. marihuana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-v-marihuana/192854)
**Author:** [@chakotay2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chakotay2)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-v-marihuana/192854 "2003-08-04T21:36:04Z")
Most people I know spell marijuana with a “j”. Some attorneys spell it marihuana. Which is more correct? Why the “H” instead of the “J”. Thanks, Allen --- ## [Pelosi thinks that Democrats might take back the house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pelosi-thinks-that-democrats-might-take-back-the-house/636045)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pelosi-thinks-that-democrats-might-take-back-the-house/636045 "2012-10-11T02:55:43Z")
Is this a real possibility or is this evidence of overconfidence. --- ## [So, after nearly three decades, I decided to kick vegetarianism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-after-nearly-three-decades-i-decided-to-kick-vegetarianism/698057)
**Author:** [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-after-nearly-three-decades-i-decided-to-kick-vegetarianism/698057 "2014-09-12T17:09:24Z")
To begin with, I was raised vegetarian from the day I was born. It was a religious thing at first, and even as I matured and eventually outgrew religion, I retained the diet, first for ethical reasons, then purely throug… --- ## [Useful Idiots: How many of you still think invading Iraq was a good idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-idiots-how-many-of-you-still-think-invading-iraq-was-a-good-idea/371135)
**Author:** [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-idiots-how-many-of-you-still-think-invading-iraq-was-a-good-idea/371135 "2006-09-08T20:23:01Z")
\[ul\] \[li\]No WMD’s\[/li\] \[li\]No ties to AQ\[/li\] \[li\]Innumerable deaths, countless numbers of maimed . Iraqis, Americans. Anyone else in the territory\[/li\] \[li\]A perfect training ground for terrorists and extremists\[/li… --- ## [Gulf War 3 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gulf-war-3-thread/846100)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gulf-war-3-thread/846100 "2020-01-29T00:44:15Z")
Since the ‘assassination’ has now moved to open war, I have asked and received permission to open up a Gulf War 3\* ‘omnibus’ thread. Reports here: https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1214692125557895168?s=19 Assassination t… --- ## [Obama restrictions on Ammo, real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-restrictions-on-ammo-real/506289)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-restrictions-on-ammo-real/506289 "2009-08-14T01:16:57Z")
OK this in in General Questions not Great Debates. I’ve been emailing a friend of mine and she has told me about “Obama’s Restrictions on Ammo”. Basically if Obama can’t outlaw guns he is outlawing ammo. She claims… --- ## [Ava DuVernay pulled off the seemingly impossible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ava-duvernay-pulled-off-the-seemingly-impossible/811332)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ava-duvernay-pulled-off-the-seemingly-impossible/811332 "2018-04-01T23:41:10Z")
DuVernay experimentally found the answer to the question “Could a celebrated black female director make a big budget film in 2018 that is super into diversity and inclusive messaging, but is of such execrable cinematic q… --- ## [(Old) It's still dark MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-still-dark-mmp/988550)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 354\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-its-still-dark-mmp/988550 "2023-08-21T10:54:03Z")
I have no idea why I am up this early… --- ## [Do Female Animals Have Orgasms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-female-animals-have-orgasms/461204)
**Author:** [@Walter.P.Higgens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter.P.Higgens)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-female-animals-have-orgasms/461204 "2008-08-26T16:43:53Z")
From everything I’ve seen on The Discovery Channel, intercourse in the animal kingdom lasts (sometimes significantly) less than 60 seconds. The male has an orgasm, but does the female ever? Do male’s orgasms produce the… --- ## [Would you still be alive without modern medicine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-be-alive-without-modern-medicine/643970)
**Author:** [@Atakapa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atakapa)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-be-alive-without-modern-medicine/643970 "2013-01-11T18:05:20Z")
Think back on the injuries and sicknesses you’ve had to date. If none of our modern technology, medical knowledge, and treatments had been available, would you still be alive? For the sake of the poll, assume the availab… --- ## [What's the last toy you bought for yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-toy-you-bought-for-yourself/647535 "2013-01-24T01:41:41Z")
On a different message board, I participated in a secret santa exchange. My secret santa sent me a remote control helicopter which I was so excited to get. I’m almost 40 and I was doing a little happy dance. Unfortunatel… --- ## [Steam rocket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-rocket/466399)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2008, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-rocket/466399 "2008-10-10T09:05:14Z")
Would it be possible, given 1880’s level technology, to put an item in orbit? Using a steam powered rocket, or a gunpowder driven rocket? I was daydreaming here at work about the possibility of a steampunk space opera … --- ## [Is Supergirl doomed to a life of only oral sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-supergirl-doomed-to-a-life-of-only-oral-sex/735910)
**Author:** [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-supergirl-doomed-to-a-life-of-only-oral-sex/735910 "2015-10-31T15:38:16Z")
Let’s face it, that whole impenetrable thing is gonna make that first time a pretty tough hurdle for the average guy. So unless Superman and she hook up, is Supergirl going to be a virgin for life? How about butt sex? … --- ## [Is there, any more, any Next Thing, any Coming Thing, any Rising Thing -- any Future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-more-any-next-thing-any-coming-thing-any-rising-thing-any-future/544882)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-more-any-next-thing-any-coming-thing-any-rising-thing-any-future/544882 "2010-07-06T13:58:08Z")
I mean in terms of ideas that give people hope for the future and for progress. Ever since the Enlightenment, if not the Renaissance, it has appeared to many thoughtful people (at least in the Western world) that this o… --- ## [Opinions and experience on living in Rogers Park \[ANSWERED BY CECIL - furher discussion?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-and-experience-on-living-in-rogers-park-answered-by-cecil-furher-discussion/495250)
**Author:** [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-and-experience-on-living-in-rogers-park-answered-by-cecil-furher-discussion/495250 "2009-08-19T16:37:58Z")
After weeks of weighing options in the search for an ideal apartment that has the space to accommodate my expanding needs, I’ve come to the conclusion that the best place would be Rogers Park. Yes, I’m having a hard tim… --- ## [Simple - deport illegals & use volunteer prisoners to work fields](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-deport-illegals-use-volunteer-prisoners-to-work-fields/547775)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-deport-illegals-use-volunteer-prisoners-to-work-fields/547775 "2010-07-31T20:27:35Z")
Someone on I know suggested the “simple” solution of deporting all illegals and using volunteer non-violent prisoners to work the fields in exchange for reduction of prison sentences. I wonder how to pay for the increas… --- ## [Creamsicle is sick \[RIP Creamsicle\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-is-sick-rip-creamsicle/816325)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamsicle-is-sick-rip-creamsicle/816325 "2018-06-29T16:59:51Z")
The vet is usually open Saturdays. Occasionally they take a Saturday off. Of COURSE it had to be this one. Creamsicle has been lethargic since Friday. Her temperature seems to be elevated. We haven’t seen her use the lit… --- ## [Should infanticide be legalised?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-infanticide-be-legalised/508545)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-infanticide-be-legalised/508545 "2009-09-09T13:51:53Z")
As somewhat of a counterpoint to the anti-abortion threads, I’m wondering if infanticide should be fully legalised. Until relatively recently, infanticide was the normal method of abortion (q.v. Greek tragedies etc) and … --- ## [Bus stop bullies, impressionable kids, and the appropriate use of violence.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-stop-bullies-impressionable-kids-and-the-appropriate-use-of-violence/704903)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-stop-bullies-impressionable-kids-and-the-appropriate-use-of-violence/704903 "2014-11-20T19:16:27Z")
We’re back to hypotheticals with longish storytelling OPs. If you don’t like these, why’d you open the thread? Today’s story is about Edmund, a black man in his mid-30s living in Memphis. There’s four things you need to… --- ## [My son wants me to apologize for ruining his day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-wants-me-to-apologize-for-ruining-his-day/534276)
**Author:** [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-wants-me-to-apologize-for-ruining-his-day/534276 "2010-04-04T19:50:06Z")
Can anyone sullenly mope the way a 14-year-old boy can? He tells me I ruined his day by “picking a fight” with him this morning as I drove him to school. What I did was print out a list of his missing assignments from “… --- ## [Why don't movie theaters lower ticket prices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-movie-theaters-lower-ticket-prices/693946)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-movie-theaters-lower-ticket-prices/693946 "2014-07-27T00:37:30Z")
I go to movies at the nearby movie theater less and less, partly because every time I go it’s sticker shock. Also it seems like every time there’s fewer people in the theater with me. Last time was last week at a 2pm sh… --- ## [Is it time for a WWI flying film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-for-a-wwi-flying-film/602769)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-for-a-wwi-flying-film/602769 "2011-11-19T19:08:05Z")
My thread on the 94th Aero Squadron restaurant reminded me… I would love to direct a big-budget film on Manfred von Richthofen, starting with his time in the cavalry and ending with his death. (I have a book that does … --- ## [Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starcraft-ii-heart-of-the-swarm/652620)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2013, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starcraft-ii-heart-of-the-swarm/652620 "2013-04-02T09:47:23Z")
I’m a little surprised there’s no thread on this yet. Heart of the Swarm is coming out tomorrow (3/12). Right now I’m playing through the first few games, currently in the middle of the UED campaign in Brood War (it’s am… --- ## [I pit those who pit Der Trihs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212 "2011-02-07T06:05:02Z")
As can be seen here, this mother fucker is in dire need of psychiatric help. Here’s the gem from GD that caused me to comment and get admonished by a mod: \[QUOTE=Der Trihs\] I’m a liberal and an atheist; I give good odd… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=955&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=957&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)