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**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 “… --- ## [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 … --- ## [Bob\_Blaylock hates Electric Vehicles and was happy to highjack a thread about it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-blaylock-hates-electric-vehicles-and-was-happy-to-highjack-a-thread-about-it/998798)
**Author:** [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Replies:** 350\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-blaylock-hates-electric-vehicles-and-was-happy-to-highjack-a-thread-about-it/998798 "2024-04-18T20:56:11Z")
I’m a construction worker, and can expect to be sent to projects as far as eighty miles away from home. I live in an apartment, with no EV charger available to me, and no realistic possibility of having one installed … --- ## [Recent cooking fails?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-cooking-fails/536753)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-cooking-fails/536753 "2012-05-11T11:16:39Z")
My gf and I do a Monday dinner thing. We take turns cooking each other a nice meal on alternate Mondays, sort of extending the weekend a bit. Usually they are an outstanding success, with each of us receiving the “clean… --- ## [Can this be the work of a hawk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-be-the-work-of-a-hawk/668779)
**Author:** [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-be-the-work-of-a-hawk/668779 "2013-09-17T00:58:19Z")
A family member found the carcass of a headless rabbit on top of her car last night. Her father suggested that it may have been left there by a hawk. However, she was involved in a vehicular collision recently in which a… --- ## [Do North Koreans actually believe this crap? ("the great Kim Jong Il looked over me")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-north-koreans-actually-believe-this-crap-the-great-kim-jong-il-looked-over-me/629833)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-north-koreans-actually-believe-this-crap-the-great-kim-jong-il-looked-over-me/629833 "2012-08-02T01:11:39Z")
North Korean weightlifter, Om Yun Chol sets Olympic record. From the link: “Asked how a man so small could lift a weight so big, Om credited the ‘Great Leader’ as North Korean athletes often do after great achievements.… --- ## [Southern California-isms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-california-isms/337573)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2006, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-california-isms/337573 "2006-01-07T08:26:48Z")
CNN is reporting the weather, and the weather woman mentioned the Pineapple Express; so called because it is a warm storm from Hawaii. I haven’t heard that term since I left L.A. Which reminded me of our friend Coastal… --- ## [Rock n rollers who never screwed groupies?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-rollers-who-never-screwed-groupies/392675 "2007-03-06T15:38:06Z")
Q1: I heard that there was a member of the Rolling Stones who was loyal to his wife and never screwed groupies. Who was that? Q2: And were there/are there any other rock stars who simply never indulged? Q3: And I read … --- ## [Easily accessible place to keep reading glasses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easily-accessible-place-to-keep-reading-glasses/538182)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easily-accessible-place-to-keep-reading-glasses/538182 "2010-05-05T16:05:01Z")
I’m not even sure what I’m asking for here but maybe someone else has found a solution to this problem. I wear reading glasses. They are bifocals, for medium distance and short distance. In other words, for a computer s… --- ## [Any Christians here not consider Catholics to be Christians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-christians-here-not-consider-catholics-to-be-christians/558200)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-christians-here-not-consider-catholics-to-be-christians/558200 "2010-11-04T12:50:53Z")
If so, why not? I’m an atheist, and was raised as a protestant Christian. I don’t recall anyone ever saying Catholics were not Christians. They were just different Christians. One of my guilty pleasures is to peruse … --- ## [How do you turn off your brain before going to bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-turn-off-your-brain-before-going-to-bed/620207)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-turn-off-your-brain-before-going-to-bed/620207 "2012-05-02T12:11:43Z")
No matter how groggy I may feel during the day, come night my brain is fully awake and its little wheels are spinning fast. How do I slow them down? I know about the following: Don’t listen to music or look at a bright… --- ## [Das Boot remake? Seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/das-boot-remake-seriously/728105)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/das-boot-remake-seriously/728105 "2015-08-25T03:15:34Z")
With the voting on the greatest war movie of all time, my vote went to Das Boot. And of course, I stumbled onto this nugget: :smack: There are a number of movies which should never be remade. This is one of them. I… --- ## [Factors in handicapping the democratic race to the White House post Super Tuesday.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factors-in-handicapping-the-democratic-race-to-the-white-house-post-super-tuesday/436510)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factors-in-handicapping-the-democratic-race-to-the-white-house-post-super-tuesday/436510 "2008-02-11T15:02:57Z")
Super Tuesday is behind us, and the delegate count is still sprinkling in. Clinton shows wide support in a demographic she knows she does well in, women over 45. Hispanics came out for her in California, but the delegat… --- ## [Was prohibition stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-prohibition-stupid/546023)
**Author:** [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-prohibition-stupid/546023 "2010-07-18T21:42:23Z")
I’m watching todays The Daily Show and there’s a segment about the prohibition from 1920-1933. They’re both going on about how stupid it was and how the majority of people were against it, while a majority of politicians… --- ## [Characters who are never a dick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-are-never-a-dick/566333)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-are-never-a-dick/566333 "2011-01-15T13:46:18Z")
Looking for characters in any medium who are the polar opposite of “a dick”. I’m thinking “Jesus” counts - even when he got pissed over the temple, it seems like spontaneous genuine anger. And otherwise he usually was a… --- ## [Hetero Men: Would you prefer a traditional woman as a partner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetero-men-would-you-prefer-a-traditional-woman-as-a-partner/634652)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hetero-men-would-you-prefer-a-traditional-woman-as-a-partner/634652 "2012-09-20T20:09:37Z")
I strongly suspect that in this anonymous poll most heterosexual men would prefer a a partner that I’m not going to define much more clearly than this: \*she hugely prioritizes her physical beauty, even after child birth… --- ## [When will "reformers" learn that you can't blame "failing schools" for low test scores?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-reformers-learn-that-you-cant-blame-failing-schools-for-low-test-scores/732266)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-reformers-learn-that-you-cant-blame-failing-schools-for-low-test-scores/732266 "2015-10-28T22:37:40Z")
(This is not prefaced “RO” because my wife is a special education teacher, who is hardworking and does a great job, but who is constantly being implicitly blamed by all this “failing schools” talk, as her students do not… --- ## [Moral Question: Phelps or Gold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-question-phelps-or-gold/596578)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2014, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-question-phelps-or-gold/596578 "2014-03-21T09:21:32Z")
Suppose you were on a sinking boat and you and several others managed to escape in a lifeboat. As you sail out you spot two things: a chest full of gold and Fred Phelps (of Westboro fame) begging for help? There is spot … --- ## [Did Disneyland used to serve alcohol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-disneyland-used-to-serve-alcohol/629211)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-disneyland-used-to-serve-alcohol/629211 "2012-09-17T05:27:55Z")
It has always been my understanding that Disneyland has never served alcohol in any of their restaurants (inside the park proper) with the exception of the exclusive Club 33 and certain private events. Tonight a group o… --- ## [Bring the jubilee.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-the-jubilee/722229)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-the-jubilee/722229 "2015-06-12T20:59:46Z")
Interesting idea. The basic plan would be a forgiveness of all debts, release of most prisoners, and a reset for society. It would totally freak the Powered Class, but I think that’s a good thing. If the 1% lost a ton, … --- ## [My New Foster Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-foster-dog/644201)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-foster-dog/644201 "2013-02-25T02:14:59Z")
Y’all may remember in January, I was working with a rescue group called Above & Beyond English Setter Rescue, helping transport dogs to their new homes or foster homes. Well, yesterday I took the plunge and became a fost… --- ## [My Friend's Friend Claims She was Raped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friends-friend-claims-she-was-raped/292087)
**Author:** [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friends-friend-claims-she-was-raped/292087 "2005-05-11T20:39:36Z")
My friend (who we will call Hannah) told me that her friend (who we will call Anna) says that she was raped by her father. I’ve never met Anna, but Hannah knows her from some choir Hannah goes to. Anyways, Hannah tells… --- ## [Keeping US borders safe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-us-borders-safe/307335)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2005, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-us-borders-safe/307335 "2005-06-13T12:02:42Z")
Our crack border guards at work: Nothing to see here, folks, just move along. --- ## [NFL Week 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-10/703934)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-10/703934 "2014-11-14T05:45:57Z")
Thursday CLE @ CIN -6.5 Sunday early KC -1.5 @ BUF MIA @ DET -2.5 DAL -6.5 @ JAX SF @ NO -5 TEN @ BAL -10 PIT -4.5 @ NYJ ATL -2.5 @ TB Sunday late DEN -11.5 @ OAK STL @ ARI -7 NYG @ SEA -9 SNF BEARS @ GB -… --- ## [Extremely wrong Donald Duck ride.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-wrong-donald-duck-ride/279086)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-wrong-donald-duck-ride/279086 "2004-12-13T22:44:05Z")
This pic of a twisted Donald Duck coin-op “mall ride” has been bouncing around the blogosphere. Wow. (My guess is that the ride came about as a result of an unfortunate misinterpretation of the title of the popular sho… --- ## [Show me your dishes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-dishes/389716)
**Author:** [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-me-your-dishes/389716 "2011-02-13T21:05:14Z")
I bought these dishes with a gift certificate a couple years ago: http://www.replacements.com/webquote/SANSPLBR.htm?s1=KX&75997& Mr. K hates them because the dark part is a shiny glaze (good) and the rest of the glaze i… --- ## [Remember Bored Of The Rings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-bored-of-the-rings/145374)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-bored-of-the-rings/145374 "2016-10-02T00:01:20Z")
Long ago, when I first read the LOTR trilogy, there was a brilliant parody called Bored of the Rings . It was connected somehow to the Harvard Lampoon. It started with the feast at Dildo Bugger’s house. The depiction of … --- ## [Link between Penis Size and Intelligence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-penis-size-and-intelligence/256969)
**Author:** [@jfortun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jfortun)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-penis-size-and-intelligence/256969 "2004-07-29T21:47:47Z")
In my quest to reach the end of the Internet I ran across a “support group” for well endowed men. This bizarre contradiction aside, the claim was made that men with large penises also happen to be more intelligent that … --- ## [Why did she run calling "Wildfire"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-she-run-calling-wildfire/292502)
**Author:** [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-she-run-calling-wildfire/292502 "2005-09-02T03:32:40Z")
Says my ten year old son, as we are driving home from school this afternoon. I have a couple of CDs in the changer with music from my childhood, and “Wildfire” just happened to be playing. My ten year old has an uncann… --- ## [Nuclear reactors: cure my ignorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-reactors-cure-my-ignorance/574424)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-reactors-cure-my-ignorance/574424 "2011-04-05T18:43:35Z")
I know (I think) that in the simplest, most basic terms a nuclear reactor is essentially just a big steam engine. However that’s about all I know (and I could be wrong). Pretend I’m an idiot (which isn’t hard; I am an … --- ## [is beer /alcohol a histamine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beer-alcohol-a-histamine/312603)
**Author:** [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beer-alcohol-a-histamine/312603 "2013-06-19T23:07:05Z")
Can alchohol exacerbate allergy symptoms? --- ## [Yout top 10 favorite hip-hop songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580 "2012-03-21T23:04:08Z")
Some of my friends noted that I have a good amount of hip-hop on my iPod and asked me to make a mix for them. I made a mix of all my favorites but it’s just stuff I happen to have collected, some of it probably Top 40 dr… --- ## [If you don't know that \_\_\_\_, then we can't be together.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-know-that-____-then-we-cant-be-together/620260)
**Author:** [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-know-that-____-then-we-cant-be-together/620260 "2012-05-01T22:51:36Z")
If you don’t know that there is a right way, and a wrong way to load the dishwasher, then we can’t be together. Right way - after a cycle, the dishes are clean. Wrong way - after a cycle, the dishes are not clean. Thi… --- ## [Carjackers and manual transmissions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carjackers-and-manual-transmissions/695254)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carjackers-and-manual-transmissions/695254 "2014-08-14T15:30:43Z")
This may turn into a discussion, and I don’t mind if mods move it, but I just have a straightforward question: has anyone ever heard of carjackers attempting a jacking, and then giving up because the car had a manual tra… --- ## [Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allens-midnight-in-paris/583204)
**Author:** [@beartato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beartato)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woody-allens-midnight-in-paris/583204 "2013-01-02T14:43:05Z")
Standard disclaimers: this thread may include “spoilers”, kind of. I mean, it’s not really a spoil-able movie; if you’ve seen the trailer, you pretty much know the plot. However, if one wanted to go into the movie withou… --- ## [Why do we want the apocalypse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-want-the-apocalypse/631021)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-want-the-apocalypse/631021 "2013-01-06T23:21:22Z")
I have no debatable proposition, but I do have a debatable question: Why do we want the apocalypse? We, regardless of if we are religious or not, seem to be fascinated by the idea of the “End of the World!”. Think abo… --- ## [Why do women wear skirts and men trousers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-wear-skirts-and-men-trousers/937836)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-wear-skirts-and-men-trousers/937836 "2021-04-06T03:55:46Z")
Logic might suggest that men’s dangly bits might be happier unconfined, while women might like trousers. Roman men wore skirts so what happened in Europe to make the switch? --- ## [What is the war movie (historical) you'd like to see made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-war-movie-historical-youd-like-to-see-made/942152 "2022-07-30T04:53:58Z")
Rather than hijack the ongoing discussion “What is the best war movie”, I’ll start a new thread. What war movie would you like to see made and why? History preferred, but fiction if you must. In the spirit of “A Bridg… --- ## [Iguana Blood Benefits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iguana-blood-benefits/123102)
**Author:** [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iguana-blood-benefits/123102 "2011-10-24T16:12:53Z")
On my recent trip to Mexico I heard of one story, folklore, that caught my attention. According to many rural areas around Mexico it is said that upon drinking the blood of an iguana, your vision is restored back to 20/… --- ## [How many protons, neutrons and electrons are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-protons-neutrons-and-electrons-are-there/586115)
**Author:** [@keeganst94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeganst94)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-protons-neutrons-and-electrons-are-there/586115 "2011-06-21T16:33:07Z")
The difference between the diameter of a carbon atom’s nucleus and the diameter of the known universe is about 40 orders of magnitude. That still leaves about 32 orders of magnitude to sweep under the rug, or about the d… --- ## [Why doesn't SkyNet…? (TERMINATOR QUESTION)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-skynet-terminator-question/680143)
**Author:** [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-skynet-terminator-question/680143 "2014-02-04T15:53:37Z")
Keep sending Terminators back to before WHEN John Connor was born? Think about: SkyNet has no way of knowing whether or not the first Terminator’s mission succeeds or fails (Kyle Reese tells Sarah Connor that they had w… --- ## [Theodicies in the Bible and other scriptures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theodicies-in-the-bible-and-other-scriptures/418259)
**Author:** [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theodicies-in-the-bible-and-other-scriptures/418259 "2007-09-17T19:20:14Z")
I am interested in passages in the Bible which attempt to explain the existence of evil and the suffering of the innocent. Obviously, there is Job (although it’s debatable whether there really is a theodicy offered in J… --- ## [Holiday Inn's controversial scene has been removed by AMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-inns-controversial-scene-has-been-removed-by-amc/521190)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-inns-controversial-scene-has-been-removed-by-amc/521190 "2009-12-15T01:40:32Z")
I’m referring to the scene where Jim and Linda perform in blackface in order to elude discovery by Ted. Thoughts? --- ## [At last! A clear Explanation of the Difference Between England, the UK, Great Britain, etc...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-clear-explanation-of-the-difference-between-england-the-uk-great-britain-etc/569869)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-clear-explanation-of-the-difference-between-england-the-uk-great-britain-etc/569869 "2011-02-11T14:43:47Z")
Check out this amusing and very clear explanation of the difference between England, Great Britain, The United Kingdom, Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Commonwealth Realms, etc, etc: … --- ## [Do girls still need special treatment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-still-need-special-treatment/746095)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-girls-still-need-special-treatment/746095 "2016-02-19T19:34:04Z")
I was looking thru our local parks and rec summer camp guide and I came across one summer camp called “Independent Spirit for Girls Camp” (bottom of 2nd page). Activities include “self defense, basic car maintenance, bb … --- ## [Kanicbird, Just Leave It Alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanicbird-just-leave-it-alone/549414)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanicbird-just-leave-it-alone/549414 "2010-08-13T17:13:02Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12769988&postcount=2 I know you have some…special…ideas about violence and rape. I find them exceptionally deviant, forthrightly offensive, and would question your sin… --- ## [Why are vinyl records to flippin' expensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-vinyl-records-to-flippin-expensive/519587)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-vinyl-records-to-flippin-expensive/519587 "2009-12-04T17:14:42Z")
I want to buy a record player, and I’ve seen some around town and online that are fairly priced ($100\>). I started sniffing around town and on the interwebs seeing how much actually maintaining a record collection would … --- ## [Is "lookism" the last acceptable prejudice in movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lookism-the-last-acceptable-prejudice-in-movies/977005)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lookism-the-last-acceptable-prejudice-in-movies/977005 "2023-01-14T01:22:20Z")
We watched “The People you Hate at Weddings” last night, a silly but mildly amusing movie. It prominently featured gay and interracial relationships. But no one was obese or unattractive - and one character commented o… --- ## [If Iraq doesn't become an issue again in 2012 then what will become an issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-iraq-doesnt-become-an-issue-again-in-2012-then-what-will-become-an-issue/609059)
**Author:** [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-iraq-doesnt-become-an-issue-again-in-2012-then-what-will-become-an-issue/609059 "2012-06-30T23:14:54Z")
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