# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=961&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:** 962 --- ## [What are "yellow bile" and "black bile"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-yellow-bile-and-black-bile/623120)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-yellow-bile-and-black-bile/623120 "2012-05-29T13:29:11Z")
The ancient medical theory of humorism posits that the human body has four “humors,” fluids – blood (“sang”), phlegm, yellow bile (“choler”) and black bile (“melancholer”) that must be in proper “balance” for health, and… --- ## [My boss wants to keep me, but has to fire me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boss-wants-to-keep-me-but-has-to-fire-me/507284)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boss-wants-to-keep-me-but-has-to-fire-me/507284 "2009-08-27T00:27:47Z")
(Mods this contains a legal question, but please move it if it contains too much other stuff.) My boss owns three video stores. He has to close one in order to try to keep the other two open a little longer. The two peo… --- ## [USB Connector on my Cable box?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-connector-on-my-cable-box/338868)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-connector-on-my-cable-box/338868 "2006-01-07T19:15:04Z")
Does anyone know what the USB port on my Comcast cable box might be used for? I have a Motorola High-Def Digital Cable Box with built-in DVR. It has a built in USB jack along wth a bunch of other connectors. Anyone have… --- ## [Bleach in Germany](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleach-in-germany/175544)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleach-in-germany/175544 "2003-05-20T03:01:09Z")
My wife just got off the phone with a friend of hers who said that she is going home to Germany for a few weeks. The woman said that she always takes bleach with her to give to her mother. She says that her mother can’t … --- ## [Why did anyone "believe" in the stories about Jesus from the start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-anyone-believe-in-the-stories-about-jesus-from-the-start/717161)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-anyone-believe-in-the-stories-about-jesus-from-the-start/717161 "2015-04-14T19:00:47Z")
Ok, the major ones : The immaculate conception. Why were people 2000 years ago more likely to believe that a young woman got pregnant due to a miracle from god than that she just snuck out at night, had sex with someon… --- ## [Help me process this distressing experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-process-this-distressing-experience/750862)
**Author:** [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-process-this-distressing-experience/750862 "2016-04-10T01:02:57Z")
Or: “WTF was this guy thinking?” Setting: relaxed medium-sized party, mostly friends of my husband 99% of the party is chill, sitting around on the balcony having a few beers, fun but mellow. Red Flag #1: Dude, who is… --- ## [Is the Vatican City age of consent really 12? If so, do 12 year olds frequently have sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-vatican-city-age-of-consent-really-12-if-so-do-12-year-olds-frequently-have-sex/526966)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-vatican-city-age-of-consent-really-12-if-so-do-12-year-olds-frequently-have-sex/526966 "2010-01-30T20:53:01Z")
This age of consent for the Vatican City is plastered all over the Internet. I’d be interested in seeing an authoritative cite for the information (e.g., from the actual law books). If it’s true, the rate at which 12 yea… --- ## [Against the law to smash your own property during an argument?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/against-the-law-to-smash-your-own-property-during-an-argument/461038)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/against-the-law-to-smash-your-own-property-during-an-argument/461038 "2008-08-26T13:35:52Z")
I was watching an old episode of Cops last night. The officer had been called out to a domestic dispute. There had been an argument, some physical stuff, and eventually the cop arrested the husband. As he was leading him… --- ## [If you get a DWI and lose your car license can you go and get a motorcycle license?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-get-a-dwi-and-lose-your-car-license-can-you-go-and-get-a-motorcycle-license/334248)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-get-a-dwi-and-lose-your-car-license-can-you-go-and-get-a-motorcycle-license/334248 "2005-12-07T05:17:52Z")
Just curious. Would losing your (car) driving license for a DWI usually include prohibitions on subsequently getting a motorcycle license, or not? --- ## [Is Obama handsome or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-handsome-or-not/542193)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-handsome-or-not/542193 "2010-06-08T04:15:49Z")
That’s the question… Is Obama handsome or not? I am a male heterosexual so I can’t judge. He’s not an ugly guy, I guess… Do you think he has a big penis? Yea or nay, offer proof. --- ## [Folks in 2112 will be appalled that we...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-in-2112-will-be-appalled-that-we/627682)
**Author:** [@greenslime1951](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenslime1951)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folks-in-2112-will-be-appalled-that-we/627682 "2012-07-15T21:00:49Z")
We look at how things were 100 or so years ago and are appalled at the level of crime/filth/racial discrimination/ignorance/etc. The good old days pretty much sucked, in fact. I was just speculating what social behaviors… --- ## [MLB: May 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2021/941222)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2021/941222 "2021-05-31T02:21:42Z")
Here’s a fresh thread for May, let’s hope for fewer Covid and weather postponements this month. Surprises so far are the Yankees struggling as well as the Giants in first place? I assume the end of May will look differe… --- ## [If characters in the Sims become self-aware, what can they discover?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-characters-in-the-sims-become-self-aware-what-can-they-discover/292265)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2005, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-characters-in-the-sims-become-self-aware-what-can-they-discover/292265 "2005-03-02T09:09:24Z")
Basically, with more and more computer games adding AI to their characters, let’s assume that sometime in the future, some characters in a game of the Sims (or similar game) become self-aware. And also let’s assume that… --- ## [Are people really this insecure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-really-this-insecure/679953)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-really-this-insecure/679953 "2014-02-11T03:00:57Z")
To reduce that down to its prime message: Most people are insecure and petty and looking for an excuse to hate you. I mean according to that you should avoid openly drinking soda because someone who sees you could be… --- ## [Jewel Eye: Staring down the beryl (July Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 385\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332 "2025-08-01T13:46:51Z")
Continuing the discussion from June, no, NOTHING! (Monthly Mini-Rants): I know it’s a bit early but a new thread was asked for in the previous thread, so I’ll accommodate. My first mini rant is for my dog. She’s a swe… --- ## [Robert Redford on CNN: Obama is not up to the challenge of leading this country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-on-cnn-obama-is-not-up-to-the-challenge-of-leading-this-country/679759)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-on-cnn-obama-is-not-up-to-the-challenge-of-leading-this-country/679759 "2014-02-04T02:09:06Z")
Not exactly the words he used, but that is an accurate paraphrasing of what he said. “Sitting Down With The Sundance Kid”, interview on CNN, about 5mins ago Interesting, since he’s a supporter. --- ## [How to memorialize people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-memorialize-people/652970)
**Author:** [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-memorialize-people/652970 "2013-03-19T18:49:08Z")
Considering Opalcat’s longstanding fight against message board censorship and her copious - sometimes impressively mindblowing -documentation and illustration of more TMI than anyone in the universe, I am annoyed by the … --- ## [Movie WTF?! Moment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-wtf-moment/438459)
**Author:** [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-wtf-moment/438459 "2008-02-28T16:30:09Z")
So I’ve been having some pretty gnarly insomnia and find myself watching tv at all hours of the early morning. I wanted a movie last night, and the only one that was handy on HBO or something was, “Robin Hood, Prince of… --- ## [Is Obamacare a Success?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obamacare-a-success/696587)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obamacare-a-success/696587 "2014-08-28T01:19:39Z")
I did a quick search. And I seem to be one of the first people to ask this question (which I find hard to believe). Anyways, President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (i.e., Obamacare). What is the conclusion: Is it … --- ## [Have you let your home fall apart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-let-your-home-fall-apart/692572)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-let-your-home-fall-apart/692572 "2014-07-14T17:20:27Z")
Our local paper ran series of articles over this weekend about parts of the city that have gone into disrepair. People who have let their yards overgrow and become nuisances; homes that have been condemned by the city f… --- ## [How did you lose your viginity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-lose-your-viginity/401356)
**Author:** [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-lose-your-viginity/401356 "2007-04-28T14:32:12Z")
And yes it’s been pointed out sex is the almost only thing I can talk about. But I’m lonely and it’s a good subject. And I think it’s an interesting subject. Me? my gay friend came around and and sang “I’ve had a straig… --- ## [I am the 1% and chances are so are you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-1-and-chances-are-so-are-you/608675)
**Author:** [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-1-and-chances-are-so-are-you/608675 "2012-01-10T23:16:21Z")
Link I make more than $34K a year. Does this mean I’m taking advantage of the other 99%? Am I (part of the reason) the rest of the world is poor/struggling? --- ## [hey, she was 18. yes i checked first.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-she-was-18-yes-i-checked-first/286631)
**Author:** [@josejones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/josejones)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-she-was-18-yes-i-checked-first/286631 "2005-01-28T19:52:11Z")
well, about bout 6 months ago, this young lady i know peripherally approached me with the idea of helping her with a “situation”. simply put, she wanted to get laid. she was (yeah, WAS) a virgin, but really wanted to n… --- ## [Is the end near for the Simpsons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-end-near-for-the-simpsons/598611)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-end-near-for-the-simpsons/598611 "2011-10-08T02:41:08Z")
The 23rd season might be the last. --- ## [For Christ's Sake, Stop Coming to Our House!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-stop-coming-to-our-house/319516)
**Author:** [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-christs-sake-stop-coming-to-our-house/319516 "2005-09-05T13:56:58Z")
Hubby and I are hermits. We don’t socialize much. We’re very private people. We prefer it this way. We do occasionally have people over to our house, but it’s always by advance invitation. Tonight the doorbell rang. The… --- ## [Brief Military Veteran Inputs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brief-military-veteran-inputs/702542)
**Author:** [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brief-military-veteran-inputs/702542 "2014-11-01T23:53:28Z")
I am a veteran of the Marine Corps - some twenty years later. Since my time in the Marine Corps, I have met several other veterans of all of the services. Needless to say, some of the stories get quite long-winded. Wh… --- ## [US shows filmed in Vancouver...how does that work for the actors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-shows-filmed-in-vancouver-how-does-that-work-for-the-actors/571137)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-shows-filmed-in-vancouver-how-does-that-work-for-the-actors/571137 "2011-02-17T03:50:09Z")
Haven and Eureka are filmed in Vancouver, Harper’s Island was filmed in Vancouver, five seasons of The X-Files were filmed in Vancouver as were the tangentially related series The Lone Gunmen and Millennium, Kingdom Hosp… --- ## [Obama "facts" circulating via e-mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-facts-circulating-via-e-mail/562040)
**Author:** [@Fantome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fantome)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-facts-circulating-via-e-mail/562040 "2010-12-06T20:20:41Z")
I received the following e-mail more than once and I was hoping some of you would be interested in debating/de-bunking some of the so-called facts it contains. Who’s the Idiot?? If George W. Bush had doubled the nation… --- ## [If you don't like oriental-flavored ramen noodles, does that make you racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-like-oriental-flavored-ramen-noodles-does-that-make-you-racist/669857 "2013-10-01T15:13:28Z")
Apparently we’re doing this now. I know this is a sensitive topic, but let’s please keep it civil. This is only a poll, let’s try to keep this from landing in the Pit, okay? I knew this guy one time and I asked him if h… --- ## [How would you feel about this gym situation - one for men especially?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-this-gym-situation-one-for-men-especially/666718)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-feel-about-this-gym-situation-one-for-men-especially/666718 "2013-09-18T22:36:16Z")
Reason I say for men especially is…well, you’ll see. I want to see what the ladies and parents would think too, though. Full disclosure here; this didn’t happen to me nor at my gym - I heard it through a friend of a fri… --- ## [Boomer Brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-brain/853154)
**Author:** [@Organism](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Organism)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boomer-brain/853154 "2020-05-06T20:41:13Z")
\#NotAllBoomers but! Way too many of them: Get out of the way or into the ground. Choose one. Never in history has anyone who has benefited so much given so little, all the while whining as their whims are catered to… --- ## [Cities "abandoning" US dollar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-abandoning-us-dollar/680869)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-abandoning-us-dollar/680869 "2014-03-10T23:05:50Z")
One of the crackpot-right sites I occasionally stumble upon claims that “36 cities in 20 states have taken aggressive measures to abandon the US dollar”. The article claims that these cities are seeking payment of utilit… --- ## [Lowes -----WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowes-wtf/606228)
**Author:** [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowes-wtf/606228 "2011-12-17T06:50:09Z")
The Learning Channel has come out with an extremely pedestrian “reality” show about some nice young couples around Detroit who happen to be Muslim. The name of said show is “All-American Muslim” I managed a few minutes … --- ## [If you HAD to be executed, how would you want to go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-want-to-go/683541)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-want-to-go/683541 "2014-03-15T19:50:57Z")
Let’s say that you’re going to be executed. There’s no way for you to get out of it, no new evidence that could overturn your case, no last minute rescues by the governor or the legislature coming your way. By this tim… --- ## [Circumcision - advice sought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-advice-sought/497830)
**Author:** [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circumcision-advice-sought/497830 "2009-06-22T21:18:20Z")
I’ve put this in GD because I believe it has been an emotive topic in the past, but I do hope that we can actually have an informative discussion rather than a flame fest… Our baby boy is due to be induced in two weeks … --- ## [Cyber Monday in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyber-monday-in-the-mmp/802864)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyber-monday-in-the-mmp/802864 "2017-12-04T01:42:02Z")
On the news this morning, there were predictions that this will be the biggest on-line shopping day EVAH!!! Will you be clogging Teh Intrarwebz with your rampant consumerism? I won’t. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Happy Moanday… --- ## [Why does Facebook think my email address doesn't exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-facebook-think-my-email-address-doesnt-exist/536171)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-facebook-think-my-email-address-doesnt-exist/536171 "2010-04-19T08:21:58Z")
Every other day, after logging into Facebook, I get a message that says that their records show that my email address is no longer valid, and that I should confirm my email address if I think I received the message in er… --- ## [Huge American portion size: Fact or Myth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-american-portion-size-fact-or-myth/339689)
**Author:** [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-american-portion-size-fact-or-myth/339689 "2006-01-16T21:39:20Z")
So, I just returned from several weeks in Paris and norther nFrance (yes, thank you, it was wonderful; lovely country, fabulous city). And I ate in a ton of restaurants. Now, I have always heard that the reason American… --- ## [Save your relationship before it goes in the toilet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-your-relationship-before-it-goes-in-the-toilet/413086)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-your-relationship-before-it-goes-in-the-toilet/413086 "2007-07-29T13:22:59Z")
Many marriages end up in divorce these days, and I think too much emphasis is placed on the superficial causes for breakups (money, sex, respect, communication, etc.), and not enough emphasis is placed on the REAL proble… --- ## [Getting A Divorce...Advice Needed...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-divorce-advice-needed/584848)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-divorce-advice-needed/584848 "2011-06-16T13:22:11Z")
All- I am going to get a divorce from my wife. I am not really thrilled about it, but it has to happen. We have two boys together, ages 9 and 5. I don’t know if I should go into a lot of detail about it since the proc… --- ## [Worst thing you've ever done in a video game? (That you didn't have to do)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-thing-youve-ever-done-in-a-video-game-that-you-didnt-have-to-do/671791)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-thing-youve-ever-done-in-a-video-game-that-you-didnt-have-to-do/671791 "2013-10-25T02:42:23Z")
When it comes to video games, there’s a usual cycle of concern and hysteria over the horribleviolence™ in some new game or another, that the player has to do. However, lately, I’m curious about the worst things—violent,… --- ## [If Democrats decide to pivot from Trump and run on an economic message, they’re doomed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-democrats-decide-to-pivot-from-trump-and-run-on-an-economic-message-they-re-doomed/814992)
**Author:** [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-democrats-decide-to-pivot-from-trump-and-run-on-an-economic-message-they-re-doomed/814992 "2018-06-17T15:44:50Z")
Andy Puzder: If Democrats decide to pivot from Trump and run on an economic message, they’re doomed --- ## [Modeling physics of heaving, bouncing, jiggling, swaying video game breasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modeling-physics-of-heaving-bouncing-jiggling-swaying-video-game-breasts/178748)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modeling-physics-of-heaving-bouncing-jiggling-swaying-video-game-breasts/178748 "2003-07-14T05:49:42Z")
Per the X-Box and related games and commericals that have a “whole lot of shakin’ going on” how do they model these? Is it all left to the artist’s imagination, do they use an intern with water filled balloons trapped to… --- ## [Clear the fucking SNOW off your car!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clear-the-fucking-snow-off-your-car/392651)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clear-the-fucking-snow-off-your-car/392651 "2007-02-25T21:30:06Z")
A few weeks ago, I was driving to work a day after a bit of a snowstorm. As we were on a stretch of road where the speed was 50ish mph, the car ahead of me launched an enormous sheet of snow and ice. It was quite a sight… --- ## [Objection to involuntary gay-conversion therapy or voluntary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objection-to-involuntary-gay-conversion-therapy-or-voluntary/820169)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objection-to-involuntary-gay-conversion-therapy-or-voluntary/820169 "2019-01-04T20:32:19Z")
This may be more of a GQ question than GD, but I am confused about whether the societal objection to so-called gay-conversion therapy is only about involuntary conversion of gays to straight against their will, or whethe… --- ## [Believing in God and Gay Marriage.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believing-in-god-and-gay-marriage/820397)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believing-in-god-and-gay-marriage/820397 "2018-09-06T02:16:56Z")
I want everyone’s honest opinion on this: Can you believe in God and gay marriage? Because frankly, I do. I actually started straying away, from organized religion at least, while I was still in high school. Then in my … --- ## [Normal things you refuse to do on a plane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-things-you-refuse-to-do-on-a-plane/586307)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-things-you-refuse-to-do-on-a-plane/586307 "2011-06-27T01:10:16Z")
I travel a lot, but I generally find the whole experience an unpleasant necessity. My goal is always to get in and out of the airport as quick as possible, while doing as little as I can to inconvenience myself and othe… --- ## [My grandparents still have sex.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grandparents-still-have-sex/150320)
**Author:** [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2003, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grandparents-still-have-sex/150320 "2003-01-25T10:51:35Z")
My grandmother is slightly crazy (she always has been). She always tends to reveal WAY TMI. I’d rather not repeat some of the things she’s told me, but lets say it involves STDS, gerontology, and throwing h’menstruation … --- ## [Depth Perception (or lack thereof) and 3D Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depth-perception-or-lack-thereof-and-3d-movies/610693)
**Author:** [@imrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imrazor)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depth-perception-or-lack-thereof-and-3d-movies/610693 "2012-05-27T00:28:49Z")
Many moons ago, I learned from the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles that I have practically no depth perception. An optometrist later expanded on this by noting that I have 20/40 vision in one eye and 20/100 in the o… --- ## [Would you join organized crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-join-organized-crime/572904)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-join-organized-crime/572904 "2011-03-03T23:49:57Z")
I’ve had many opportunities in the past, but never felt the appeal. If you were offered the opportunity to make a few extra bucks a week at the risk of being sucked into the underworld, would you accept? Why or why not? … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=960&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=962&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)